The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus—just the ...

Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

A low-toxic process may offer a new path for repurposing wind turbine blades. Researchers say the method could help transform ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

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 ...

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

Smart policies and innovation—not bans—can reduce waste and build a circular plastics economy that maximizes the value of ...

They discovered that the process begins in the soft layers ... created by normal polymer degradation. Only 2% of plastics are recycled, mostly because it's too expensive. But if you just throw ...

The plant, in Indianapolis, is designed to process presorted plastics collected by Republic Services, recovering PET and ...