PureCycle Technologies and UpSolv are advancing commercial-scale solvent-based recycling, targeting polypropylene and ...

Polypropylene is one of the most commonly used plastics but there are problems when it comes to recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of breaking down this troublesome plastic by ...

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, ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern ...

Conservation Plastic-Devouring Fungi Boost Hope for Tackling Global Litter Two fungi commonly found in plants and soil made meals of some of the hardest-to-recycle plastics.

Of all the plastics that surround us on the daily, the one we hear least about in the 3D printing world is probably polypropylene (PP). Given that this tough, slightly flexible thermoplastic has ...

Scientists in Germany tested how blood reacts to microplastics that have been exposed to “weathering,” meaning sunlight, heat ...

PureCycle Technologies Inc., Orlando, Florida, has released an environment, social and governance (ESG) report that includes life cycle assessment (LCA) data it says shows the company's purification ...