UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking an air permit that would allow it to experiment with supplanting coal with pellets made of paper and plastic scraps at its Cogeneration power plant on Cameron Avenue.

Trex, a manufacturer of high-performance wood-alternative decking and railing headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, has announced that its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) pellets have ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed measures on Monday to prevent microplastic pollution from the spillage of plastic pellets into the environment. Around 176,000 metric tons ...

The company wouldn't confirm or deny a partnership with IRG Erie to use plastic pellets instead of coke in its steelmaking process. Activists in northwest Indiana worry U.S. Steel in Gary could use ...

Editor’s note: This is the second entry in a series examining the causes, impacts and solutions to plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the first, third and fourth entries here. BENTON HARBOR, ...

Tiny plastic pellets called nurdles are a major source of global pollution, littering waterways, harming ecosystems and threatening marine life. But plastic pellet pollution is preventable, according ...

The development team at Westerly, R.I.-based machine builder U.S. Extruders Inc. has reeled in some financial support to study how to turn used fishing nets into plastic pellets. The company was ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed measures on Monday to prevent microplastic pollution from the spillage of plastic pellets into the environment. Measures proposed include ...

UNC-Chapel Hill is asking the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to update its air permit to allow it to burn recycled paper-and-plastic pellets at its Cogeneration power plant on Cameron Avenue ...