As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...

The recent unveiling of a novel self-recycling polymer, capable of maintaining its integral strength even after numerous recycling operations, holds immense promise for environmental sustainability ...

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Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...

Petrochemical companies pitched chemical recycling as a solution to the plastic waste crisis. And the City of Houston ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. Related video above: ...

The best way forward is to change the social and economic system surrounding the production of plastic and the management of ...

Scientists have potentially taken the next steps towards plastic recycling by uncovering how a heat-resistant enzyme can ...

Advanced recycling offers something conventional recycling never could — a way to truly undo plastic.

Europe is rolling out chemical recycling plants to process hard-to-recycle plastics, aiming to address the continent’s 16 million tons of annual plastic packaging waste. These facilities use advanced ...

Researchers at Iowa State tracked chemicals throughout recycling washing processes and found that contaminants built up in the water after several wash cycles. A study by Iowa State University ...

The company says its sorting facility in Sweden is the first in Europe to receive the RecyClass Sorting Process Certification designation. “Being the first in Europe to receive this certification ...