It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made ...

India-based Steer World is offering what it calls a first-of-its-kind method to recycle crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) plastic using its custom Omega Twin-Screw Extrusion Technology. PEX is used in ...

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Plastic recycling has long promised a solution to mounting waste, yet reality tells a harsher story. Despite decades of collection programs and consumer awareness, only a small fraction of discarded ...

Device makers are taking increased interest in product designs and assembly that support closed-loop recycling. A Branson plastic welding process can safely and nondestructively “unweld” plastics used ...

By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...