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 ...

Why recycling falls short: Despite decades of campaigns, most plastics are still landfilled, burned, or pollute oceans due to ...

Researchers at Monash University have developed a new membrane technology that could make chemical recycling of plastics ...

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California set the country's most ambitious plastic recycling deadline. Now both environmental advocates and plastic producers may head to court.

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Almost all plastics end up in landfills, but billions of dollars and tons of waste could be saved with a new recycling technique created by LSU researchers. “When you throw ...

Scientists are exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight, potentially ...

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 ...

For years, recycled plastic claims have been shrouded in secrecy, difficult to verify, and often challenged as misleading.

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 ...