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Blue Polymers LLC plans to build its second recycled plastics production facility in Buckeye, Arizona, to advance plastics circularity and support sustainable packaging. The 162,000-square-foot ...

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Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

As the global demand for polymers and plastics intensifies, an unsettling statistic from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that only 9% of these materials were ...