Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

New UB studies suggest the energy-efficient and eco-friendly approach could help reuse millions of tons of plastics.

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

Samsara Eco plans to tailor microscopic organisms to retrieve materials from electronic waste.

A$11.2m in joint federal and NSW funding will expand facilities to process hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics ...

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 ...

Clariant, Borealis and SINTEF demonstrate technology that converts plastic waste into steam cracker feedstock for polyolefins ...

Sorting plants in recycling usually do not recognize black plastic, which is why it is sorted out instead of being recycled.