Recycling plastic is notoriously frustrating. Sorting different types of plastics, cleaning off food residue, and dealing ...

Recently, researchers from Yale University may have made a dent in that inefficiency. They successfully tested a novel way to ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

Using the quirky physics of plasma, this torch instantly converts mixed plastic waste into chemical compounds that can be ...

Warren, Mich.-based Atomic Industries Inc. is using artificial intelligence (AI) to build injection molds and, according to company officials, improve the quality of molded parts. Founded in 2019, the ...

The biobased materials start-up Mango Materials has begun making biodegradable plastic at a wastewater treatment plant in Vacaville, California. Mango’s process uses bacteria to ferment ...

Researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that generates graphene as a by-product, which could help offset production costs. Hydrogen is viewed ...

First, the mixed recyclables are shredded and crushed into smaller fragments, enabling more effective separation. The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, ...

Move over crude oil, scientists have found a way to turn plastic waste into paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, using a common bacterium. The breakthrough, developed by researchers at the ...

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 ...