"Turning what was once considered difficult into routine." Scientists make breakthrough discovery that could solve major issue with plastic: 'Real-world applications' first appeared on The Cool Down.

This process improves yield, avoids toxic waste, and could lead to more biodegradable plastics, reducing the need for ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Moving towards a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle is something that's important to me, as I know it is for a lot of people. One way I've been trying to achieve this goal is by cutting way back ...

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, ...

Without swift action, plastic pollution will persist in damaging ecosystems and communities around the world. To revive the ...