You see PET plastics every day, even if you do not notice them. They show up as drink bottles, food packaging, and synthetic ...

Van Dyk Recycling Solutions uses vertical integration to tackle the global plastic waste crisis through advanced processing.

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...

Reusable metal oxide-based nanocatalysts can convert waste plastic bottles into products that can be used to make biodegradable copolyesters, plasticizers and specific resins 1, 2. Studies indicate ...

Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty Images) When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon ...

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% of ...

Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Hasler Ventures LLC plans to scale a Purdue University patented technology that may accelerate the volume of waste plastic recycling up to commercial levels. The innovation is ...

E's Versalis and Prysmian team up to chemically recycle plastic cable scrap, turning XLPE waste into new polymers via Hoop??

Dealing with plastic waste is a real headache. But with a little help, bacteria can turn plastic into a painkiller. The approach could help reduce plastic pollution and curb reliance on the fossil ...

Alliance to End Plastic Waste says its third such playbook examines cost-effective opportunities for the mechanical recycling of plastic. AEPW says projects that convert mixed plastic scrap into ...