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

Northwestern’s team turned to hydrogenolysis, a process that uses hydrogen gas and a catalyst to cut strong carbon-carbon ...

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

KIMM’s research team has succeeded in developing the world’s first ultra-high-temperature plasma torch powered entirely by ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating, and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

A new pilot plant in Ohio, with the support of a trade group, aims to test a system to recycle PVC. A company called Plastic ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking nickel-based catalyst that could transform the way the ...

The process is amazingly simple and increases the amount of recyclable plastics dramatically. The problem is that the industry is so regulated that there is no assurance that what these advanced ...

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 ...

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

The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers has ...

According to the firm, only 10 percent of plastics are recycled, and less than 1 percent of textiles are recycled into new ...