Two faculty researchers from the Department of Plastics Engineering have won grants for projects that aim to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills and the environment each year. Prof.

Project CLEAN (Catalytic Low-temperature Efficiency for Advanced Decontamination), a four-year research project involving ...

At least 85%, a staggering figure, of plastic waste generated in the U.S. went to landfills in 2021 while just 5 to 6% was recycled. Two UMass Lowell researchers want to reverse these statistics.

Each year, more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced globally. Less than 10% of these plastics are reused or recycled, leading to significant accumulation and waste, not to mention the ...

Mac Chen and Ed Gadasu had the same considerations when it came to their senior design project: they wanted something to round out their studies of the materials field and something that felt ...

At roughly three times the size of France, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the planet’s most glaring scar from our dependency on plastic. “You hear about global warming and how plastics have a bad ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/Community News Service Natalie Bankmann is a reporter for the Community News Service, part of the ...

PITTSFIELD — When much of the world went into lockdown during the pandemic, the impact on many businesses was devastating. One exception was outdoor recreation, which experienced a significant growth ...

A Massachusetts injection molder is putting the finishing touches on an expansion effort valued at more than $2 million that's adding both more space and new equipment. Completion of the yearlong ...