A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the flood of plastics into landfills is being developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. From sandwich bags ...
Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...
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 world is miserable at recycling plastics. Currently, just 10–15% of the plastic waste we generate annually is recycled — with the rest incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped as litter 1, 2. A ...
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...
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Gamini Mendis, assistant professor of plastics engineering technology, in the plastics lab at Penn State University's Behrend campus. A company planning to build a huge plastics recycling facility in ...
The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...
On the eve of World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Global Plastics Hub, a tool that integrates data from multiple sources to support evidence-based ...
Six months after plastics treaty talks stalled, a new INC chair revives hopes for a Global Plastics Treaty. What this means for industry, regulation and packaging policy.