Polyurethane plastics are ubiquitous, used everywhere from mattresses to shoes. But once these products are no longer wanted, these materials litter landfills and oceans across the world. William ...

Durable, flexible polyurethane is commonly found in sports shoes and other products, and is tough to get rid of. PressReleaseFinder / flickr A common fixture in refrigerators, furniture and footwear, ...

San Antonio, Texas — Sustainability and circularity took center stage at the start of the Polyurethane Technical Conference organized by the American Chemistry Council's Center for the Polyurethane ...

Scientists have identified a strain of bacteria that can feed on toxic polyurethane-based plastic products. Since the 1950s, we have produced more than 8 billion tons of plastic, with the majority of ...

Order and disorder of bubbles in a surface foam. Image by Kempf EK - Own work, CC BY 4.0. Order and disorder of bubbles in a surface foam. Image by Kempf EK - Own work, CC BY 4.0. By using ‘green ...

There may be a small answer to one of the biggest problems on the planet. German researchers report in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology that they have identified and characterized a strain of ...

Scrap polyurethane foam used in the design process by carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is being recycled into surfboards and paddle boards. The Waste to Wave surfboard was made using recycled polyurethane ...

March 27 (UPI) --Scientists in Germany have identified a new strain of bacteria that breaks down the chemical building blocks of polyurethane, or PU, a polymer used to make a variety of plastic ...

Scientists in Germany report “Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer” in Frontiers in Microbiology that they have identified and ...

When plastic was first introduced in 1907, it was hailed as a miracle material. The petroleum-based substance could seemingly do anything — harden into a rock-solid car part or a flexible waterproof ...

A group of German researchers identified the bacterium Pseudomonas putida in the soil of a site covered in plastic waste. It fed on polyurethane diol, which is usually applied to materials to protect ...