plastics recycling

Thermoset plastics can now be broken down for recycling much more easily
via Polymer Solutions Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, have to be
A new and simple process could overcome one of the biggest stumbling blocks to plastics recycling
Eva Harth, director of the Welch-UH Center for Excellence in Polymer Chemistry, said the new
Could humanity worm its way out of a major pollution problem?
A waxworm eats away at a plastic bag. (Image by Harald Grove) Could humanity worm
Chemical recycling method breaks down plastics so they can be recycled repeatedly without losing quality
Chemical recycling could potentially allow plastic to be recycled repeatedly without losing quality Chemical recycling
Using sunlight to convert plastic waste into useful chemicals

Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn

Upcycling single-use plastic into high-quality liquid products

Catalytic method upcycles single-use plastic into high-quality liquid products Researchers have developed a new method

An efficient process for breaking down ANY plastic waste to a molecular level

A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for

A next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and again into new materials of any color, shape, or form

Scientists from Berkeley Lab have made a next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and

Could production of plastic be a closed cycle and no longer dependent on crude oil?

A research team from the University of Greifswald and Helmholtz-Zentrum-Berlin (HZB) has solved the molecular

World’s first PET aerogels cut plastic waste, and are suitable for heat and sound insulation, oil spill cleaning, carbon dioxide absorption and more

NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial with wide-ranging applications Researchers from the

Increasing lithium-sulfur battery life span by using microwaved plastic

Purdue engineers have figured out a way to tackle plastic landfills while also improving batteries

Emerging Technologies Could Greatly Reduce Plastic Waste

Most of the 150 million tons of plastics produced around the world every year end

Scaleable conversion of waste plastics to diesel could use the oceans as a supply source

Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world’s oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic

Plastics recycling could be revolutionized by a new polymer additive

When Geoffrey Coates, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, gives a

Chemists find new way to recycle plastic waste into fuel

Approach tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic A new way of recycling millions of tons