Scientists have found methods to convert plastic waste into valuable chemicals. One approach breaks plastics into olefins for ...

Companies’ use of the word recycling to describe linear processes “does real harm,” Budris added. It “gives consumers a false ...

from chemical recycling that can melt down modern fabric blends to boutique designers giving old clothes new life through upcycling. But the first stop for most used clothing is a donation bin ...

But perhaps the most significant part of the agreement referred to research on so-called “advanced recycling” — a suite of technologies also known as “chemical recycling” that are ...

Dissolving the waste polymers is the first step in creating ... highlighting the potential for its use in chemical upcycling. The molecular building blocks of the polymer backbone contain ...

Foster added, “This is a waste stream that's really not recycled ... demonstrating its suitability for chemical upcycling. The polymer backbone contains molecular building blocks with functional ...