Researchers developed a catalyst-free recycling method that uses only water and oxygen to break down durable plastics such as ...

Plastic recycling could become far more effective thanks to a new technique that restores the strength of damaged engineering ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...

Evaluating advanced plastic recycling potential as facilities face economic and environmental hurdles alongside federal support for chemical recycling.

When effective recycling options are lacking, most plastic waste is still burned, buried, or shipped elsewhere.

SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 2: Recycled plastic bottles are seen at the San Francisco Recycling Center March 2, 2005 in San Francisco, California. Bottled water is the single largest growth area among all ...

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath. In contrast to conventional mechanical ...

Efforts to combat plastic waste have gotten derailed by the divide over chemical recycling.

New research offers a method to convert mixed plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel. The innovative technique allows for the processing of various plastic types together without sorting. This ...

Researchers at the University of Bath report that they have developed a method for chemically recycling PMMA, one of the world’s most widely used plastics that is difficult to recycle effectively by ...

Researchers at the university in New York have combined four detection methods in an attempt to measure recycled content in a plastic sample or package. “By fabricating such a device, we hope to ...