Every year, some 5.6 MM tonnes (t) of plastic packaging winds up in house-hold waste in Germany after being used just once.

As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling to ... it’s not going into the waste stream.” ...

Plastics are everywhere, shaping industries with their durability, low cost, and lightweight properties. Over the last seven decades, plastic production has skyrocketed from just 2 million tons per ...

UTA chemists explain how plastic pyrolysis works to breaks down plastic waste into molecules that be used again ...

OMV has completed the expansion of its proprietary ReOil technology at its Schwechat refinery, where it plans to convert up ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

Recycling remains one of the most viable strategies for managing plastic waste, yet traditional methods face several ...

Current methods to recycle plastics ... "Unlike traditional recycling methods, which often produce harmful byproducts like waste salts and require significant energy or chemical inputs, our ...

In this Q&A, we explore this technology and its ability to manage plastics that are challenging to recycle mechanically, ...

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass ...

The chemical recycling subsidiaries ... started building the Ashley plastics-to-fuel plant in 2019. It planned to convert around 100,000 tons of plastic waste into more than 18 million gallons ...

Plans to create a plastic waste facility have been canceled, and Northwest Indiana activists are pleased by the decision. Just Transition Northwest Indiana and Gary Advocates for Responsible ...