Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

ELIX Polymers works in partnership with Repsol and AnQore to produce feedstock materials to help produce 100 percent recycled-content ABS plastic ... butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic. The Spain-based ...

Mechanical recycling is the most common method, salvaging similar plastics to produce raw materials that can be reintegrated into plastic production. The process involves collecting, sorting, washing ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to ...

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 ...

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 ...