plastic

A glut of polyethylene had squeezed U.S. producers for years. But the war in the Middle East disrupted the global plastics market, sending prices higher and improving margins for producers along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Petrochemicals derived from oil sit on store shelves in the form of plastics, fertilizers, detergents, and packaging.

Beaver County’s population has been declining since the steel mill there closed 40 years ago. The shift to plastic manufacturing isn’t panning out, so some residents are investing in a different kind of economic model.

In her new book “The Problem with Plastic,” a former EPA official looks at the costs of plastic overproduction and how we can move beyond it

The stated purpose of Trump’s import levies is to draw production back to the U.S. from around the world. Benzene illustrates that it won’t work with all products.

Plastic packaging helps food be transported and extends its freshness. But it contributes to climate change and clogs our waterways.

Another example of how hard it can be to recycle polymers.

What a reporter learned by cataloging all the plastic products around her.

Plastics could be a bigger source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. than the coal industry by 2030, if current production trends keep up.

The single-serving plastic bottle has been the target of pushback against plastic pollution for decades.