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

PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is composed of a carbon backbone, chlorine atoms, and various additives such as fillers and stabilizers. Plastic Back’s process breaks PVC down into these basic building ...

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

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

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 ...

Mealworms and superworms may nibble at one of the world's most stubborn plastics, but new research from The University of ...