Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

Large amounts of plastic waste are incinerated or deposited in landfills. This degrades the environment and depletes valuable resources. In this light, recycling plastics such as polymers is promising ...

A pair of robust and inexpensive catalysts can help recycle mixtures of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most common and intractable types of plastic waste (Science 2024, DOI: ...

The escalating environmental and economic challenges posed by plastic waste have spurred a diversity of research into advanced recycling technologies. This field encompasses a range of approaches—from ...

The global plastics industry is at a critical juncture, with mounting pressure to reduce waste and embrace sustainable practices. At the heart of this transformation lies extrusion technology — a ...

Analysis by IDTechEx says technological refinement and commercial scaling are among the challenges still being confronted in the chemical recycling subsector. Polypropylene is among the resin types ...

Composites recycling emerged in the 1990s, led by carbon fiber’s augmented prevalence in industries like aerospace and automotive. Today, however, the increasing ...

Plastic recycling struggles today, but chemical, biological, and AI-driven breakthroughs could unlock true circular reuse and reduce global plastic waste.

Researchers at the University of Sydney (Camperdown, Australia) have developed new methods to address future carbon and glass fiber composite waste from the automotive, aerospace and renewable ...

This new chlorine-transfer method shows how PVC waste can fuel the creation of biodegradable plastics instead of clogging landfills. Study: Electrochemical Chlorine Shuttle from PVC Waste to Vinyl ...