The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

The EPA is reconsidering air pollution regulations for chemical plastic recycling facilities, prompting concerns from ...

New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by ...

For two decades, the federal government has classified the heated chambers used to break down plastic waste as incinerators, ...

An idea the EPA is floating—to stop classifying a plastics recycling technology as a type of incineration—would ease ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

Flotation separation techniques have emerged as a promising solution to the escalating challenge of plastic waste recycling. By utilising the inherent differences in plastic surface properties, ...

A study by Iowa State University researchers found that using industrial soap to clean plastic in recycling transferred ...

The COtooCLEAN site is intended to process post-consumer polyolefin film waste, including PE and PP.

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...