Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

The results are published in Nature Chemical Engineering. Specifically, the researchers are using a method known as pyrolysis, a process of using heat in the absence of oxygen to molecularly break ...

Plastic waste recycling company Corsair Group International Holding BV is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with KERA Energy AG, a Swiss-based leader in sustainable industrial value chains ...

Dr. Byungwook Hwang’s research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

Chemical recycler Plastic Energy has produced its first batch of Tacoil at its joint venture plant with Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) in Geleen, Netherlands, marking a key milestone on the road ...

TELLS US WHY THE COMMUNITY IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. PILES AND PILES OF PLASTIC ALL WAITING TO RUN THROUGH THIS MACHINE. ALL THE PLASTIC YOU SEE HERE WOULD NORMALLY END UP IN A LANDFILL. BUT RECENTLY, IN ...

Specifically, the researchers are using a method known as pyrolysis, a process of using heat in the absence of oxygen to molecularly break materials down. In this case, it's used to break plastics ...

Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...