Researchers at Iowa State tracked chemicals throughout recycling washing processes and found that contaminants built up in the water after several wash cycles. A study by Iowa State University ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are generated worldwide every year. Scientists are working tirelessly on new methods to recycle a large proportion of this waste into high-quality ...

Plastic recycling gets a breath of fresh air Scientists break down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air Date: March 11, 2025 Source: Northwestern University Summary: Current methods to ...

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 ...

In the future, microorganisms could help return hard-to-recycle plastics to the recycling loop. Nick Wierckx, a molecular ...

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 ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

Researchers have found a way to turn plastic waste into hydrogen using sulfuric acid recovered from old car batteries and ...

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 ...

A broad-based, nonprofit group in the northeastern U.S. believes mechanical recycling of plastics is preferred to chemical recycling, according to a new policy statement. The Northeast Recycling ...