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Waste management, and the management of plastic waste in particular, is a crucial issue for the coming years. What if polymers, which are too often vilified, were a solution rather than a problem?...

Closely linked to the development of aquaculture, the plastics industry is now at the forefront of recycling of the waste and by-products generated by such activities....

As a result of decrying the presence of plastics in the aquatic environment, it is easy to forget the crucial role they play in producing drinking water...

Able to take on any form according to the desired properties and widely used in all areas, what are these plastics that are so present in our daily lives?...

Do plastics still have a future after a lifetime of faithful service? The words "plastic waste" often conjure up images of recycled packaging. However, plastics have established themselves in other ar...

In a quest for efficiency, humanitarian action is turning to robust and reliable products and equipment for help in coping with the most unpredictable situations. A few, very versatile, polymers are a...

What is sustainable energy? Is it energy that doesn’t give off CO2? Energy from a non-finite, readily available source? Well, a bit of both actually! Basically, it’s about tapping and converting into,...

Farmers seem to have found the magic formula to boost yields using fewer pesticides and less water. In two words: agricultural plastics. They have revolutionized farmers’ daily lives and our eating pa...

While the Western world looks to green initiatives to halt global warming and reduce fossil fuel dependency, 1.6 billion people live without even electricity. A number of ingenious inventors decided t...