An Ohio compression molder is spending $4 million to not only dramatically expand production but also automate a portion of the company's pallet making business. Composite Technologies Co., which goes ...

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The Canadian company Plaex is giving plastic trash a new life by creating durable bricks to build homes. These bricks are ...

Instead of plastic containers, consider storing documents in filing cabinets or within fabric, wire, or cardboard boxes.

Three years ago, [Nzambi] quit her job as an oil industry data analyst and used all her savings to pursue a solution for the pesky plastic problem. She built ... rope to make things like brooms ...

Massachusetts-based MilliporeSigma is a supplier to the biopharma industry, creating multilayer plastic film bags used to grow cells ... who are now purchasing pallets, made from materials they ...

Lowe is a lead editor, covering all things related to home ... includes everything from an open wooden pallet that holds your compost pile to sealed plastic bins that keep out local critters.

The miracle material has made modern life possible. But more than 40 percent of it is used ... We Know Plastic Is Harming Marine Life. What About Us?) He worries more about the things that none ...

An evaluation commissioned by the city said last year (PDF) that in Philadelphia, “an estimated 1 billion single-use disposable plastic bags are used annually,” adding ... that the thin plastic film ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed ... It is 100% decomposable and is starting to be used for lots of day-to-day things like toothbrushes, lunch boxes and chopping ...

This (unfortunately) tends to be the norm with plastic boards over time, as these things aren't built to last nearly as long as a wood or rubber board. That said, Material does offer a lifetime ...