The plastics and petroleum industries grow in an environmentally conscious world. 08/29/2024. Email Share. By Kyle Peschler From the July / August 2024 Issue.

So is plastic waste. Analysts say oil companies like ExxonMobil plan to increase plastic manufacturing as petroleum demand declines in transportation and other sectors.

BELLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — A plastic conversion facility is set to open in Belle by the end of this year aiming to bring about 40 ...

Alterra president Jeremy DeBenedictis sees the facility as a solution to plastic pollution, seeks to ease neighbors' worries ...

That's important because food waste clogs recycling machinery and contaminates recyclable petroleum plastics. Some Starbucks stores use disposable cups lined with NatureWorks' PLA, Ford said.

According to the Plastics Industry Association, Missouri boasts a thriving ecosystem of plastics manufacturers and processors, employing approximately 19,000 skilled individuals directly.

We should be recycling and reusing existing plastic instead of starting anew and sharply reducing our use of petroleum-based plastic. Temperatures are going to continue rising no matter what we do.

So I was startled to read a recent op-ed chortling with delight over the wonders of petroleum and plastics. The writer looked like a nice young person, but willfully ignorant.

Satyanarayana: Maybe a lot of folks are not 100 percent aware that plastics chemistry is based on petroleum chemistry, so it’s not always the cleanest. Feltman: Mm-hmm.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a first-of-a-kind lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, accusing the oil giant of deceiving the public about plastic recycling.

Big Oil Hopes You Don’t Cut Down on Plastic Too The oil-and-gas industry needs plastic production to rise to offset a decline in demand for transport fuel By ...

A group of oil-producing nations blocked a treaty to curb plastic pollution, but countries will try again to reach an agreement in 2025.