BP Infinia technology is designed to turn difficult-to-recycle PET plastic, such as black food trays and colored bottles, into recycled feedstocks that are interchangeable with those made from ...

There's increasing interest in recycling PET thermoformed packaging, but some sizable hurdles to overcome.

Circularix LLC is now recycling PET at the company's new site in Florida. The plastics recycling company said Aug. 27 ...

Chapel Hill-based startup Premirr Plastics is working to reform the way plastics are recycled by using a new technology that involves chemically recycling PET plastics.

Chemists at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing the future of recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a common type of plastic found in packaging and soda bottles. The method reli… ...

Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to convert plastic waste into a climate solution for ...

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, ...

A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable ...

Recycling plastics is really hard, and usually creates low-quality materials that aren’t good for much. Chemists are trying to change that.

Unfortunately, this is not quite the full story. Globally, it is estimated that only about 9% of plastic waste is recycled, and while PET waste is one of the best performers, with a recycling rate ...

Headlines make it seem like all plastic recycling is a doomed endeavor — but is that the complete picture? Not exactly.