Warming temperatures and aging rinks, which can leak dangerous chemicals into the atmosphere, have led more rink operators to turn to plastic ice. Conventional ice rinks require refrigerants, lots of ...

Last year, Capitol Hill got a touch of holiday cheer thanks to a pretty expensive, kind of sucky (but oh-so-festive) plastic "ice" rink at Cal Anderson Park. But of course, nothing gold can stay -- or ...

Leave it to OMSI to offer a chemistry lesson at the ice rink. The new indoor synthetic ice rink at Portland’s science museum is made of high-density polyethylene plastic, created by Swiss company ...