In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

Plastic pollution is a growing crisis that the world has to face, but Julian Brown's new 'Plastoline' might actually serve as ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

An analyst with the Boston-based research firm says tonnage outputs at installed plastic pyrolysis systems largely are disappointing. The senior analyst of Lux Research says his own company’s forecast ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

An Orlando startup called Wriggle Brew is pioneering a unique approach to two major environmental problems: plastic pollution ...

Continuous pyrolysis technology provider Niutech has signed a £22m ($29.4m) product sales contract with a UK-based client to boost global chemical recycling of waste plastics. The company will supply ...

ProPublica finds advanced recycling techniques are not matching mechanical recycling’s rate of converting discarded plastic into new plastic. For genuine circularity, investments in mechanical ...

"Smart science." Researchers achieve stunning breakthrough using old plastic bags: 'We're turning it into a tool' first appeared on The Cool Down.

At IRPC, Sudipto Chakraborty, Technology Manager for Advanced Plastic Pyrolysis Technology at Lummus Technology, presented groundbreaking advancements in scaling pyrolysis for chemical recycling of ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] SK Geocentric, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, has signed a contract with a UK-based plastic pyrolysis specialist company to apply the technology to the world's ...