The PRecycling project aims to recover high-quality polymeric materials enabling up to 100% recycled content incorporation in ...

Scientists turn waste polyethylene into stronger, multifunctional materials using innovative two-step modular assembly ...

Almost 80% of plastic in the waste stream ends up in landfills or accumulates in the environment. Scientists have now developed a technology that converts a conventionally unrecyclable mixture of ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

Researchers have used a low-emissions method to harvest hydrogen and graphene from waste plastics. They say it not only solves environmental problems like plastic pollution and greenhouse gas ...

(CN) — Call it killing two environmental birds with one stone: Researchers in Denmark say they have developed a method to convert plastic garbage into materials that can be used for carbon capture, ...

The mattress and bedding company Naturepedic announced October 26 that it would be implementing a new kraft paper roll-packing machine into its production processes, which could prevent at least ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production has ...

The real winners of the next decade are positioning themselves—not as waste companies or recyclers—but as premium suppliers ...