But this breakthrough doesn't stand alone; recent developments in plastic science and recycling include pyrolysis research to ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...

Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours ...

Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have published research in Chemical Engineering Journal about a new technology that ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

Waste isn’t new, and neither is humanity’s role in creating it. Since the dawn of industrialization, our ability to pollute has scaled alongside our innovations. In 1862, British inventor and ...

German study proves automated sorting can recover nearly half of hospital plastic waste for recycling into new products ...

The organization says its new report examines mechanical, dissolution and chemical recycling across key material streams.

California has exploited the “positive emotions associated with recycling” with a policy hammer to pressure compliance, as if it were an absolute good with no downside.