Day: May 18, 2020

Will Coronavirus Be the Death or Salvation of Big Plastic?

May 18, 2020
It was supposed to be a blockbuster moment for the U.S. plastic industry. With an abundance of cheap natural gas at hand, thanks to the country’s fracking boom, U.S. energy giants were pouring billions of dollars into building new plants to turn that gas into plastic. As the world was poised to slowly turn away…