In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...

AI and spectroscopy enhance plastic recycling sorting accuracy and efficiency for sustainable manufacturing practices.

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American ...

Scientists have developed a new method to break down plastic waste, using moisture from the air. By exposing a common type of plastic to an inexpensive catalyst and leaving it exposed to ambient air, ...

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 ...

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Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

A discovery led by the University of St Andrews has found a way to turn ordinary household plastic waste into the building block for anti-cancer drugs.

Prysmian and Eni-controlled Versalis have signed a strategic agreement to chemically recycle plastic cable waste into new ...