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

It’s a much more elegant way to tackle plastic recycling issues.” To conduct the new study, the researchers used a molybdenum catalyst and activated carbon — both of which are inexpensive, abundant ...

Using information from the Plasteax data platform the report theoretically shows how strategic mechanical and chemical recycling capacity growth could address mismanaged plastics.

However, since recycling facilities already separate out different types of plastics, this isn’t a deal-breaker. The process can even run efficiently with a mixture of polypropylene and ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from ...

multi-layer plastic packaging—are not recyclable via traditional mechanical recycling methods and would thus be good candidates for ReNew ELP’s process. That’s because the supercritical ...

However, sometimes people bag materials because the items inside the bag are dirty ... the recycling process several times a day. Workers must climb onto or into the machinery and cut plastic ...

IRG cites Trump tariffs and the hold-up of a federal loan guarantee as reasons for canceling plans for a plastics recycling ...

The company had planned to recycle 160,000 tons of plastic waste a year and turn about 20,000 tons of it into a new product ...