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 ...

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: ...

Discover how the Thermo Scientific TM Process TM 11 and Process TM 16 extruders can aid in mechanical polymer recycling by helping define the optimal workflow and recycling parameters. Why is it ...

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 ...

Over five informative and innovative weekly webinars, the Thermo Fisher Scientific webinar series “Sustainable Products from Plastic Waste” introduced advancements in science to create efficient ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ocean trash and overflowing landfills have drawn widespread attention to the plastic waste that we put into our environment. In response, communities around the world work hard to reduce, reuse, and ...

Recycled fishing nets and household plastics create durable roads while reducing marine debris and landfill overflow in ...

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

Construction is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, so finding new materials and methods is a crucial goal. Researchers at Flinders University have now developed a new type of ...