Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It’s a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers from Washington State University have developed a new way to convert rarely recycled plastic waste into a sturdy 3D printing material, the school announced.

A new method to convert waste plastic to fuel and raw materials promises to help close the carbon cycle at mild temperature and with high yield. There's a lot of potentially useful raw materials bound ...

In phase 1, specific microorganisms, like bacteria and fungi, colonize the surface of the plastic material. These microorganisms can either be present naturally in the environment or added ...

Refinity, a new company by Innventure, Inc., has secured global licensing rights from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for a unique technology that converts mixed plastic waste into chemical ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in ...

Researchers from Jiangsu University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have revealed a promising solution to the global plastic waste crisis through solar-driven photoreforming. This technology not ...

Sugar extracted from corn, sugar beet, and straw is the raw material for future plastic production. Danish company Topsoe is developing a new technology that will reduce the carbon footprint of ...

In plants, natural photosynthesis binds carbon dioxide (CO 2­) to organic compounds, which can then be converted into glucose or starch. These useful molecules can be sequestered, storing the carbon ...

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 ...