The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made from nickel that ...

First, the mixed recyclables are shredded and crushed into smaller fragments, enabling more effective separation. The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, ...

In the quick video, a person walks up to one of several machines at the Milford, Connecticut, Costco and starts inserting plastic bottles. With each bottle, $0.10 gets added to a running total, until ...

A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel ...

Plastic-Bottle Recycling Is In The Dumps The U.S. recycling rate for plastic bottles made from PET, typically derived from petroleum, was 28% in 2009, compared to nearly 50% in Europe.

Americans are guzzling more water out of plastic bottles than ever before, but recycling fewer -- in part because so many of the bottles are used outside the home.

Marks explained, “Soda bottle lids are made from a different plastic than soda bottles, but grinding is one of the first steps at the plastic recycling factory. A simple sink/float tank ...

BizAcumen Inc. has released a report that analyzes the market dynamics for plastic bottle recycling. In its report, Plastic Bottle Recycling: Worldwide Market Trends, BizAcumen notes that consumption ...

Plastic bottle recycling rate declines in 2017 The rate declined 3.6 percent in 2017, while the five-year compounded annual growth rate was 0.1 percent.