Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics, commonly found in bottles, fibers, and many other ...

Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, ...

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 ...

Granted, the success of recycling plastic ... Beyond Plastics and the International Pollutants Elimination Network, found that the pyrolysis process was “inefficient, energy-intensive and ...

ExxonMobil and plastics industry groups have responded to the various lawsuits by saying that they're being blamed for failures of recycling policies in California and other states, and that the ...

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 ...

Step into the fascinating process of recycling plastic waste and witness its transformation into useful products. From discarded scraps to fully formed toilet jugs and jerry cans, every step ...

Don't miss this week's Polymer Points Live, Thursday at 2 p.m. From the cover Plastics mergers and acquisitions ... about the viability of plastics recycling. Senior reporter Jim Johnson writes ...

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 ...

Recent research has focused on innovative recycling technologies ... Catalytic Pyrolysis: A process that uses heat and catalysts to break down plastic waste into fuels and chemicals, enhancing ...

While recycling initiatives have amped up massively in recent years, plastic is still everywhere; wrapping our groceries, holding our toiletries and taking over our homeware. Keen to see just ...