Rhoda Miel

A mile-long set of inflatable PVC booms has been deployed to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Ineos Styrolution has begun removing benzene stored at its Sarnia, Ontario, facility as part of a previously announced decision to shut down styrene production at the site.

Dockworkers started a strike affecting ports stretching from Texas to Maine on Oct. 1, and there are no signs at this point that ports will reopen quickly.

It will take days — and more likely weeks — before the effects of Hurricane Helene are fully understood.

As Hurricane Helene bore down on Florida last week, Tampa General Hospital built a protective wall made of of reinforced PVC, laminate and steel to keep out rising flood waters.

While courts, companies and negotiators look at the big overarching global trends in plastics, packaging and recycling, down at the level where we all live day to day, recycling programs continue on.

The Ocean Cleanup's collection of plastics from the Pacific's "garbage patch" makes for good PR. Actually converting it into something useful is far more complicated.

Perhaps you're wondering how forecasters seem so certain storms like Helene will develop and move so fast. The answer? Balloons. Lots and lots of weather balloons.

The housewares side of the plastics industry may seem a bit chaotic right now, but perhaps it's better to think of it as simply being in transition.

Berlin Packaging launched the 1Berlin Shared Ownership Program on Sept. 19, providing all of its workers with at least two years of continuous employment an ownership stake.

The National Association of Manufacturers is calling for the White House to step in and help prevent a looming strike at shipping ports along the U.S. Gulf Coast and East Coast.

Medline is tripling its office space at Chicago's Merchandise Mart complex while industry watchers say the private equity owners are looking at taking it public in 2025 in an initial public offering that could be worth $50 billion.

Walmart Inc. is welcoming more customers with special needs — along with their families and caregivers — by offering shopping carts with an integrated plastic seat for older children and adults.

Consumer medical giant Bausch + Lomb may be preparing to sell off its eye care business, which would include contact lens manufacturing taking place in Rochester, N.Y.

A lot of this year's Rising Stars had no exposure to polymers or molding while they were growing up. But then they visited a plant and saw parts in production, or worked with a professor on a research project touching on plastics. And they saw possibilities.