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 ...

Crushed plastic bottles sit in a bale following sorting at the Mid-America Recycling plant, in Lincoln, Neb. Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo and Keurig Dr. Pepper are investing $100 million to improve U.S ...

The process involves four large construction vehicles linked together in what’s called a “recycling train,’’ which scoops up the top 3 inches of asphalt on a lane, grinds them on a mill ...

Coca-Cola steps up plastic-bottle recycling. By ABC News. September 5, 2007, 4:35 PM. ... The centers will create a uniform recycling process for Coke suppliers and retail customers.

“There is plastic in everything—in your car, in your home, in every part of your life,” says CarbonLite’s CEO, Leon Farahnik. “Globally, 100 billion pounds of PET are used in a year: 70 ...

Plastic vaporising process could recycle bags and bottles indefinitely. A new process uses cheap catalysts to break down polyethylene and ... and recycling efforts have only tackled 9 per cent ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that material and ways engineering is trying to improve the process ...

Americans are guzzling more water out of plastic bottles than ever before, but recycling fewer -- in part because so many of the bottles are used outside the home. IE 11 is not supported.

Enzymatic recycling has gained traction in recent years as a greener alternative to traditional plastic recycling techniques, ...

To fully understand the recycling process in Raleigh, we followed plastic and glass materials over the course of about a month, to learn what happens to those items and what they become.

The bottle, which has the brand name engraved onto the recycled plastic, is part of Evian’s effort to become fully circular by 2025. When a plastic bottle ends up in a recycling plant, the label ...