Trend News Agency: Tajikistan publishes data on rubber, plastic and mineral product output
Growth in rubber, plastic and non-metallic mineral production contributed to the expansion of Tajikistan’s manufacturing sector in early 2026. Gain access to all that Trend has to offer, as well as to ...
Plastic packaging is not without its downsides, and if you thought mineral water was "clean," it may be time to think again. According to new research, plastic mineral water bottles contaminate ...
Researchers developed a mineral plastic with exceptional properties like hardness, non-flammability, and self-healing, shaped easily at room temperature in water. They replaced the non-biodegradable ...
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic materials composed primarily of polymers. Their defining characteristic, plasticity, allows them to be molded, extruded, or pressed into a diverse range of solid forms.
plastic, polymeric material that has the capability of being molded or shaped, usually by the application of heat and pressure.
Plastics pose a wide range of hazards for people, ecosystems and the climate. Ninety-nine percent of plastics are made from fossil fuels and generate planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions throughout their lifecycles.
Improving the management of plastic waste across the world — especially in poorer countries, where most of the ocean plastics come from — is therefore critical to tackling this problem. This page presents all of our data and writing on plastic pollution.