Millions of preterm births and thousands of infant deaths linked to plastic chemical | CNN A chemical used in toys and consumer products is linked to thousands of infant deaths and millions of preterm births worldwide, a new study found.

“Ironically, babies born preterm will be exposed to even more #plastics, as neonatal wards rely on plastic tubing,” said Jane Muncke of the Food Packaging Forum.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/31/h...

pressure so great it has the force of 600 hurricanes ... space so “empty” that nothing could live in it. ...’
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. March 1956.
#illustration #illustrationart #industrialprocesses #UnionCarbide #alloys #carbons #gases #chemicals #plastics

Horizon Europe Project PYSOLO: New Factsheet Highlights the Potential of Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) for Industry renewable-carbon.eu/news/?p=175161 #biofuels #biomass #electricity #plastics #pyrolysis #recycling #solarpower #syngas #RenewableCarbon

Risks and opportunities for a circular plastics economy – Position paper “AI in the plastic value chain by 2030” renewable-carbon.eu/news/?p=175084 #arteficialintelligence #bioplastics #circulareconomy #plastics #recyclates #RenewableCarbon

Recycled Polypropylene Market Size, Share, Growth | Report, 2035 Polypropylene Recycling Market is projected to grow at 5.47% CAGR during the review period, owing to the rising demand for recycled propylene in the food packaging applications

The Recycled Polypropylene Market is on the move! 📈 Valued at $9.15B in 2024, it's set to hit $16.44B by 2035 (5.47% CAGR). 🚀

Key drivers: Packaging, Automotive & Construction. 🛠️🦾

Report: www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/recy...

#Recycling #Sustainability #Plastics #MarketResearch

Scientists shocked to find lab gloves may be skewing microplastics data Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and…

"A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and #latex #gloves release tiny particles called #stearates, which closely resemble #microplastics and can contaminate samples during testing.": buff.ly/t9sv8t1

via sciencedaily
#plastics #scientists #researchers

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everyone with plastic – a crime increasingly known as #plasticide.
The horrific toxicology of ingested #plastics has become more apparent with the release of a scientific paper about their impact on wildlife.

#FYI #HerbSimmens #ClimateEmergencyForum #PaulBeckwith #PeterCarter

#plastics #fertilizer #pesticides #agriculture #foodProduction

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

The Last Molecule Standing How One Reservoir, One Strait, and Five Manufacturers Became the Hidden Operating System of Seven Global Industries

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If LNG infra in Qatar/Iran is damaged then a whole lot good for the world would result? fewer: chips for #LLM #AI #GenAI wastage, #weapons, #methane burning for #electricity, #fertilizer polluting #land #water, #plastics?

That is GOOD - right?

Synthetic Frontiers: The trash island that wasn't : EcoLit Books In the introduction to Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands author Kim De Wolff writes: Sail through the North Pacific Ocean and surely you cannot miss ... Read more

What if that great trash island in the Pacific never existed?

Here's our review of the book Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands by Kim De Wolff.

#ecolit #oceans #plastics

ecolitbooks.com/2026/03/29/s...

Thonet
‘A section of the employee cafeteria in the new #UnionCarbide Building in New York City. Stainless steel and plastic furniture by #Thonet Industries.’
March 1961.
#furniture #funituredesign #design #plastics #design #MidCenturyModern #interiordesign #graphicdesign

#Plastics #Pollution

#plastics (in brief)
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"tea bag.. Brewing a cuppa w. such a [#plastic] bag using water at 95 degrees C has been shown to release 11.6 billion #microplastics and 3.1 billion #nanoplastic #particles into your tea, some.. highest contamination for any food or bewerage.."
- Discarded. (G.& Z.;2025;p109)

Black Masterbatch Market Size & Share | Industry Report 2035 The Black Masterbatch Market is valued at USD 2.71 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 4.70 billion by 2034, at 5.14% CAGR.

The Black Masterbatch Market is on the move! 📈 Valued at $2.71B in 2024, it's set to hit $4.70B by 2035 (5.14% CAGR). 🚀

Key drivers: Packaging, Consumer Goods & Automotive. 🛠️🦾

Report: www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/blac...

#BlackMasterbatch #Plastics #Manufacturing #MarketResearch

#Mold #Making Technology Magazine March - April 2026 Issue is now online. Read it free!

#plastics #polymers #recycling

www.moldmakingtechnology.com/articles/iss...?

#AAOS #VersaCoat #VersaWrap #plastics #medicaldevice #medtech #healthcare #innovation #surgery

PETITION: Support a strong Global Plastics Treaty! Join the call on the NZ Govt to support a strong Global Plastics Treaty. To truly tackle this global crisis, we need a solution that matches the scale of the problem.

Its time for a global #plastics treaty ( & a phasing out of fossilfuels)
#Petition here ⬇️
greenpeace.nz/64ztpd

Oil crisis revives talks of levy on plastic packaging The war in Iran renews the government's interest in reducing Australia's dependence on imported packaging, particularly oil-reliant plastic. #recycling #waste #management #federal #government #politics #parliament #industry #plastics #polymers #rubber #manufacturing #environmental #impacts #oil #gas

The war in Iran renews the government's interest in reducing Australia's dependence on imported packaging, particularly oil-reliant plastic. #recycling #waste #management #federal #government #politics #parliament #industry #plastics #polymers #rubber #manufacturing #environmental #impacts #oil #gas

Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about cooperation and transboundary governance in relation to the global plastics treaty

The flood of #plastics flowing into the #ocean is a “pressing global #environmental #crisis.” Negotiations for a global plastics treaty are ongoing. Hussain & Zou compared successful #governance models and identify “essential mechanisms for #transboundary #collaboration” doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...

Plastics: Are They Really Fantastic? – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Plastics are everywhere, but are they really fantastic? ♻️ Join Professor Matthew Jones at BRLSI on Thu 2 April, 7:30 pm, to explore their benefits, challenges, and future. Full Q&A in our bio.

#scienceevent #sustainability #plastics #recycling ♻️

📌https://www.brlsi.org/plastics-are-they-fantastic/

Black Rain raining down on us everywhere #redalert 👀

Over the oceans over the seas, on the ice, on the forests, on you & me 😔 #plastics

Digital recycled plastics platform Cirplus enters liquidation renewable-carbon.eu/news/?p=174849 #circulareconomy #plastics #recycling #RenewableCarbon

Chemical recycling of plastics rises as oil crisis continues Recovering feedstocks from hard-to-recycle plastic is potentially important in a more circular plastic economy

Chemical recycling of plastics rises as oil crisis continues #Science #Chemistry #EnvironmentalChemistry #ChemicalRecycling #Plastics #Sustainability

www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/chemical-recycli...

New BKV study on recycled content availability in the automotive sector renewable-carbon.eu/news/?p=174847 #automotive #automotivewaste #circulareconomy #plastics #recyclates #recycling #RenewableCarbon

The longer term is of course highly uncertain. But savvy investors should realize that #petrochemicals and #plastics are not only problematic products per se they are highly dependent on this single point of failure in a conflictive world. Best to invest elsewhere.

Japan, S Korea petrochemical industry slows output on Iran war The Middle East war is forcing petrochemical giants in two key Asian economies to cut production as the conflict rattles supplies of a crucial oil-derived component used to make a range of plastic goods. The scarcity of naphtha -- a liquid distilled from petroleum that is essential for making ethylene,…

War is hell, full stop. But if this one chokes off the #plastics industry's insane growth trajectory, that will be a silver lining. (Still not worth thousands of deaths, it goes without saying). japantoday.com/category/bus...

Macroplastic in urban waterways: assessing storage in Berlin's Spree River Over the past decade, awareness of macroplastic (MAP) pollution in rivers as a major contributor to marine litter has increased substantially. However…

Our last paper on #plastics in #riverbanks is out in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

We found that riverbanks showed higher MA density than other compartments, with river embankments causing one-way #macroplastic transport from banks to river.

Here the link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kimchi-derived probiotic found to promote binding and excretion of intestinal nanoplastics A lactic acid bacterium isolated from kimchi may help promote the removal of nanoplastics from the body by binding to them in the intestine. Nanoplastics are ultrafine plastic particles measuring…

#Kimchi-derived #probiotic found to promote binding and excretion of intestinal #nanoplastics ...

| #bacteria | #MicroSky | #LacticAcid | #plastics | #Leuconostoc | Via @sciencex.bsky.social

Excited to share our @geoderma.bsky.social paper!
How soil stressors (incl. #plastics) translate into real damage to soil health?
We propose a pathway linking #biodiversity loss → soil functions → #ecosystemservices
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
#LCA #Sustainability #Bin2Bean
@minagriseu.bsky.social