When I talk to people in the plastics about the industry's reputation, many say that more needs to be done to inform and educate the public — especially children — about the benefits that plastics can ...

The Society of Plastics Engineers outreach program is getting a boost from SPE's Thermoforming Division. The division has made a $20,000 matching grant to support SPE's PlastiVan traveling education ...

A program to educate kids about the science and technology of plastics as well how they can have future careers in the field has received a $200,000 funding boost from the National Plastics Center to ...

ST. MARYS – The Plastivan program will be at St. Marys High School on Tuesday. Plastivan is a national program from the Society of Plastic Engineers designed to get kids excited and involved in ...

WARREN, Mich. – Wearing a lab coat, Eve Vitale asked a chemistry class at Warren Mott High School if anyone had heard anything bad about plastics. Hands shot up. It doesn’t degrade, said one student.

PlastiVan, an internationally-recognized education program that provides students with a “hands-on” experience in the chemistry of plastics, recently visited Georgetown District and Christ The King ...

Courtesy of PlastiVan, an internationally acclaimed education program that travels through the United States, fifth graders at Mitchell Intermediate and fourth graders at David Elementary will learn ...

DAVISVILLE, W.Va. — The West Virginia Polymer Alliance Zone will take the PlastiVan Learning Program to ninth grade students at Wahama High School from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11. The program, ...