Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology successfully develop an eco-friendly plastic material using ...

Andrea Bassetti of ICIS unpacks trade shifts, recycling policy gaps, and the future of plastics in North America.

Nova Chemicals new Connersville, Ind., mechanical recycling facility for flexible film will produce 110M lb of high-quality ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers wants to work with the U.S. government to examine whether rising imports of recycled ...

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building ... which often produce harmful byproducts like waste salts and require significant energy or chemical inputs, our approach uses a solvent ...

Nonetheless, the Brazilian PET Industry Association notes that the lack of selective collection policies makes it difficult ...

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down ...

Their method begins with adding a molybdenum catalyst and activated carbon to PET. When heated, the plastic breaks down into ...

Leveraging the trace amounts of moisture in air, the broken-down PET is converted ... harmful byproducts like waste salts and require significant energy or chemical inputs, our approach uses ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have discovered a simple, eco-friendly way to break down plastic using just air ...

Scientists developed a new method for breaking down one of the most common plastics to a byproduct that can be upcycled into ...