There are seven types of plastic, but it’s only practical to recycle three types in Malaysia. Since the other four kinds of plastic don’t get recycled in this country, the best solution is ...

It’s easy to get confused about what can and can’t be recycled. The No. 1 rule is to follow your local guidelines. Print them ...

Plastic to be recycled is seen in a sorting bunker at Sierra Processing. ALBANY — Frank Zeoli can’t believe some of the things people try to recycle. Plastic wrap. Children’s toys.

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

By exposing a common type of plastic to an inexpensive catalyst and leaving it ... which are the basic building blocks of PET ...

and we only recycle 5% of those plastics," said Northwestern's Yosi Kratish, the study's co-corresponding author. "There is a dire need for better technologies that can process different types of ...

Raffi Schieir, director of Prevented Ocean Plastic, discusses creating a more competitive recycled plastic market by ...

Plastic has been a revolutionary ... breaks down in the environment it can be incredibly persistent and harmful. This has led to many attempts to recycle it, and one of the more promising efforts ...

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed researchers to re-purpose the materials to ...

Every year, some 5.6 million metric tons of plastic packaging winds up in household waste in Germany after being used just ...

In Germany, about 5.6 million tons of plastic packaging are thrown away every year after just one use. Sadly, less than a ...