We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

Recycling plastics can save landfill space and conserve energy and water that would have been used to make new materials, among other benefits. But mechanical recycling also comes with its challenges.

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

Researchers have developed a sunlight-driven process that breaks down common plastic waste and reassembles its carbon into ...

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Top Dog Waste Solutions Streamlines Plastic Recycling for Commercial Clients ROCKY MOUNT, NC, UNITED STATES, January 10, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Top Dog Waste ...

DePoly SA, Sion, Switzerland, has announced a $13.8 million seed funding round that will help it to scale its chemical recycling technology that converts mixed postconsumer and postindustrial ...

MADISON – Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of ...