The work they do is real — happening every day — and it keeps plastic out of landfills while supporting a more circular economy. Growing number of companies in plastics supply chain Wisconsin is home ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Successful recycling requires some care. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images Every week, millions of Americans toss ...

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

With the rise of recycled content mandates and extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, the market for recycled plastics is growing rapidly. Research from Fortune Business Insights projects ...

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

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 ...

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste. The non-toxic, environmentally friendly, solvent-free process first ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

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A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...