These brightly colored plastic fragments were picked out of the sea by the bird's parents, who mistook them for food, then fed them to their offspring. The birds can't digest the plastic pieces ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

A chemical process converts common types of plastic waste into the building blocks needed to make new plastics 1. The build-up of plastic waste in landfills and the environment poses substantial ...

The maker of blow molding machines is using space at the plastics industry event to highlight areas such as service and spare parts. Italy-based machine builder Plastiblow srl (S13065) will show a ...

German auto supplier Grammer AG has sold Toledo Molding & Die Inc. for $40 million, six years after buying the company for $271 million.

“The versatile nature of plastic — its light weight, durability and ease of moulding — is hard to rival with any material, now or in the foreseeable future, so plastic is here to stay ...

Even vegetarians can’t escape, according to a 2021 study. If the plastic is small enough, fruits and vegetables can absorb ...

This lab contains a large NESTAL injection molding machine, several 3D printers, a melt flow indexer, V-notch cutter and various other items required for plastic research and manufacture. Grad ...

3D printing is all well and good if you want one of something, but if you want lots of plastic parts that are all largely identical, you should consider injection molding. You can pay someone to ...

Injection molding is widely used in the manufacture of plastic parts ranging from simple, everyday items to complex products requiring precision tooling and process optimization equipment. During a ...

Here's why: Not all plastics can be recycled. And if you aren't rinsing out containers and removing labels from those that are, you could be making the rest of the recyclable batch useless.

Injection molding machines consist of a barrel and reciprocating screw assembly, an injection nozzle, and a hydraulic motor that feeds the molten plastic or metal mix into a mold. The molding machines ...