Water used to wash recycling materials in the study became progressively darker as it was reused. Photo courtesy of Greg ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

For years, the plastic industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and media investigations have revealed that it doesn’t make economic sense, and that petrochemical ...

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

Researchers have developed electrochemical methods that break down waste PET plastic, the material in most disposable water ...

TotalEnergies' new plastics recycling plant has come under fire from environmental activists, who claim the chemicals it uses ...

The reaction can form and break apart ultra-strong sulfur-sulfur bonds within seconds, which could have major implications in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mixed plastics are held in an iron recycling bin behind a small general store in Derby, Indiana. Many parts of the United States ...

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