"I love the water. I love swimming," Sophia Perez says. But "in some places sea creatures can't live in their natural habitats because it's been taken over by waste and plastic." (Zoe Cranfill / Los ...
Cellulose-based plastics already exist, but most do not decompose quickly in marine environments. Others require industrial ...
Plastic has become part of everyday life, but its benefits come with a serious cost. Cheap, durable plastics accumulate in ...
If you go to the beach, you’re likely to see some form of plastic pollution scattered in the waves or sprinkled among the sand grains. A bottle cap fragment here, a transparent piece of packaging ...
After returning from the Transpacific Yacht Race -- an annual sailboat race from Los Angeles to Honolulu -- in 1997, Capt. Charles Moore was guiding his boat through the doldrums when he noticed some ...
Chances are good that you’ve already lost some blood to thermoforming, the plastics manufacturing process that turns a flat sheet of material into an unopenable clamshell package, tray inside a box, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. The authors first noticed the "plasticrusts" in 2016 and ...
The thermoforming plastic market grew from USD 15.52 billion in 2024 to USD 16.66 billion in 2025. It is expected to expand further at a CAGR of 7.93%, targeting USD 28.58 billion ...
Merrimack, N.H. — Plastics Forming Enterprises LLC (PFE), a recycling consultancy firm for plastic packaging and consumer products, has moved to a larger facility in New Hampshire after tripling the ...
The Amherst, New Hampshire-based recyclability testing and design firm, Plastics Forming Enterprises (PFE), has announced that Kristi Hansen has assumed the role of president. PFE is working with some ...
Some of you may be thinking that plastic is convenient to use, but is it convenient to kill the planet? As time passes, more and more plastic is being thrown into landfills, burned and thrown into the ...