Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...

There, in a class called Climate and Energy Ventures, he met Jan-Georg Rosenboom, a postdoc who had developed a chemical ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

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 ...

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath. In contrast to conventional mechanical ...

It's commonly believed that recycling plastic waste on a large scale will have a positive impact on the environment, but the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups. This product is made with XX% recycled plastic. Verifying such ...

Recycling bags in Mecklenburg County is a little different after county leaders took action in response to a Channel 9 ...

New process 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 ...