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 ...

Images of Yarrowia lipolytica surrounding and growing on polyolefin oil droplets (large red circles). Cells were stained blue to show the chitin cell walls and red to show the lipid bodies inside the ...

insights from industryVenkat NandivadaManager of Technical SupportMaster Bond Inc. In this interview Venkat Nandivada, Manager of Technical Support at Master Bond Inc., provides insights into the ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Hasler Ventures LLC plans to scale a Purdue University patented technology that may accelerate the volume of waste plastic recycling up to commercial levels. The innovation is ...

European plastics and packaging producer says it will use collected and converted carbon dioxide made by California-based Infinium as polymers ingredient. Captured carbon dioxide that has been ...