The Catalysis Engineering Group at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has developed a new robust process for the recycling of ...

Every year, the world generates hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste, and the vast majority of it ends up in ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

What if recycling plastics were as simple as flicking a switch? At TU/e, Assistant Professor Fabian Eisenreich is making that vision a reality by using LED light to both create and break down a new ...

By recognizing advanced dissolution technology, the Garden State created market demand that could finally turn recycling's ...

A successful collaboration involving a trio of research institutions has yielded a roadmap toward an economically viable process for using enzymes to recycle plastics. The researchers, from the ...

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 ...

Plastics processed through Louisville's recycling program were sent to a controversial "chemical recycling" plant in Ohio for ...

The seven recycling symbols on plastic packaging reveal more than you might think, but not all are recycled the same way in ...

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

Australia's soft plastics recycling industry is operating at nearly triple the capacity it was at now-collapsed national ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...