A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by ...

New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

A concurrent discovery in PMMA recycling from researchers at ETH Zurich relies on UV-activated chlorinated solvents to drive ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

A study by Iowa State University researchers found that using industrial soap to clean plastic in recycling transferred ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into clean hydrogen ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

The agency is moving toward resurrecting a proposal from the first Trump administration to ditch Clean Air Act regulations.

UB researchers want to provide regulators and others a quick and reliable way to assess sustainability claims.

Flotation separation techniques have emerged as a promising solution to the escalating challenge of plastic waste recycling. By utilising the inherent differences in plastic surface properties, ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...