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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 ...

“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...

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

Plastic credits aim to drive funds to this problem. They are generated by projects that collect and process waste, usually ...

Waste management company MYGroup and Boots have announced that their in-store blister pack recycling scheme has extended to ...

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

The new facility will focus on creating ByBlocks, 22-pound reusable blocks that can be used for landscaping, wall ...

The process does require propane to initiate ... It encourages people to bring plastic waste to a drop-off point and receives most of its material clean and shredded from a recycler.