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 ...

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

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Water used to wash recycling materials in the study became progressively darker as it was reused. Photo courtesy of Greg ...

They often require careful customization to address the unique challenges of each application. Variations in recycled feedstock compositions, differences in processing techniques and diverse ...

The agency is moving toward resurrecting a proposal from the first Trump administration to ditch Clean Air Act regulations.

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 ...

The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...

Equipment maker Lindner and Procter & Gamble say their solvent-based Flexloop process can remove impurities from recycled polymer chains. The secondary resins obtained through Flexloop not only comply ...

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