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

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

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

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, ...

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The agency is moving toward resurrecting a proposal from the first Trump administration to ditch Clean Air Act regulations.

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

New process 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 ...

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits. “The results of the study show that high-quality recycling through advanced sorting is better ...

Researchers at the university in New York have combined four detection methods in an attempt to measure recycled content in a ...