Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers develop a catalyst-free process that turns plastic waste into useful chemicals using water and oxygen. (CREDIT: ...

A new approach to plastic recycling being explored at Penn State could make the process more efficient by using tiny ...

Once seen as a solution to the plastic waste problem, the process has been plagued by economic and technological difficulties ...

UB chemical engineering researchers are working to advance a recycling process to separate individual types of plastics from ...

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 ...

There may also be an economic incentive to pursue the technology.

Dr. Byungwook Hwang's research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

Newswise — A research team led by Dr. Chong-Pyo Cho from the Energy Convergence System Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (President: Yi Chang-Keun, hereinafter referred to ...

In an innovative study by the University of California San Diego, researchers investigated the potential of incorporating recycled plastic into asphalt mixtures. This method not only seeks to reduce ...

Nearly all black plastics get sent to the landfill or get incinerated because their pigment makes them difficult to sort in plastics recycling plants. As a result, the recycling industry pays little ...

Turn plastic waste into plant pots using a heat source, a simple mould and HDPE. The video documents the full process from ...

Global plastic waste trade fell 7.7% in 2024, but exports from wealthy OECD countries to developing economies rose 15%, ...