Researchers have developed a new process that uses microwave flow reaction and recyclable solid catalysts to efficiently hydrolyze polysaccharides into simple sugars. The developed device utilizes a ...

A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

Discover the process of recycling plastic scrap in factories. Watch as discarded plastic transforms into valuable new ...

process for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recycling. “This marks a groundbreaking milestone, as LSP becomes the first recycling process to complete evaluation under the updated regulation ...

Of the more than 16 million tonnes of plastic packaging generated that year, only 6.5 million tonnes were recycled. Plastic recycling remains ... the waste management process cannot be addressed ...

If you have been to a convenience site to drop off recyclables in the last week or so you may have been frustrated by being ...

Plastic waste remains an unsolved and a fast-growing environmental challenge, calling for breakthroughs in recycling technologies. Now, researchers from Korea have discovered that adding water to ...

I started my plastics ... recycling. Our clients were attracted to our practical methods of diverting byproducts to recycling and repurposing and documenting the savings. The process always ...

Join us on February 4 at 10:00 AM EST/ 3:00 AM BST/ 4:00 PM CST for a Sustainable Plastics Livestream. What’s the story behind the challenges facing the European plastics recycling industry ...

So they turned the problem into a business venture, called GreenLabs Recycling, with a goal of putting the discarded plastic to productive use. Now, under the leadership of chief executive Sam ...

It's a hard plastic signified by the number "1" inside the triangle. Once a PET bottle goes to a recycling plant, Exchange for Change's Ms Smalley said, they're "sorted, washed and shredded into ...

Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc. announces they have been formally recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for meeting the highest criteria ...