Nature10d
Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?
That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...
National Observer1d
The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
“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 ...
Mighty marine fungi degrade plastic by eating it, and can be conditioned to do it faster
Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.
Recycling Today3d
Swedish researchers say plastic recycling delivers benefits
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits.
Grist on MSN11d
‘Plastics are awesome’: Inside the Energy Department’s partnership with the plastics industry
as well as new types of plastic that are “inherently designed for recycling.” But perhaps the most significant part of the ...
Labroots7d
New Bio-Sourced Plastic Could Revolutionize Recycling of Thermosets
What types of new plastics can be developed with enhanced recycling capabilities? This is what a recent study published in ...
The Associated Press - Business News on MSN13d
Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel
(AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Jesus Cuevas, a Petgas technician, carries a bag filled with shredded plastic, at a recycling center ...
Grist9d
The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
no type of plastic meets. “What we should be thinking of as recycling just doesn’t work for plastic,” Budris, with Just Zero, said. He added that, despite decades of efforts from industry ...