Explore the fascinating process of recycling plastic bottles, where old materials are given a new life through advanced techniques. From collection to cleaning, the process begins with gathering used ...

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

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Materials firm Invista has been granted a patent for a nylon 6/6 recycling process aimed at increasing high-quality ...

Plastic waste scavenged from river channels ... years lobbying state legislatures to reclassify chemical recycling as a manufacturing process, rather than waste disposal. Two dozen states have ...

Do you cross the street to put your soda can in the recycling bin or avidly pluck plastics and paper from your neighbor’s trash cans? The current state of recycling in the United States may ...

A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city's plastic waste problem by converting it into ...

NextLoopp Americas aims to mobilize U.S.-based organizations to participate in closing the loop on the most prolific fraction ...

PolyCycl produces virgin-quality recycled polymers that meet the stringent standards required for food-contact and ...

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