Mixing nanoparticles into some common plastics made them harder to break and possibly easier to process, pointing towards a ...

"The approach, which the team describes as requiring less energy, less equipment, and fewer steps than conventional ...

It's efficient and cost-effective. Scientists make key discovery that could solve serious issue with food packaging: 'They ...

Scientists found a catalyst that turns waste plastic waste into cleaner fuel much faster than before, making the process more ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more ...

Scientists at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed a new method to create strong, safe plastic without using ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

The world is miserable at recycling plastics. Currently, just 10–15% of the plastic waste we generate annually is recycled — with the rest incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped as litter 1, 2. A ...

Recently, researchers from Yale University may have made a dent in that inefficiency. They successfully tested a novel way to ...

Nearly all black plastics get sent to the landfill or get incinerated because their pigment makes them difficult to sort in plastics recycling plants. As a result, the recycling industry pays little ...