A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by ...

A study by Iowa State University researchers found that using industrial soap to clean plastic in recycling transferred ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry ...

Flotation separation techniques have emerged as a promising solution to the escalating challenge of plastic waste recycling. By utilising the inherent differences in plastic surface properties, ...

New process 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 ...

The transition toward a circular economy relies heavily on the mechanical capability to process diverse waste streams into ...

Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Successful recycling requires some care. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images Every week, millions of Americans toss ...

Researchers at the university in New York have combined four detection methods in an attempt to measure recycled content in a ...

The facility, which can process up to 38,000 tonnes of plastic annually, is set to open this year.