Chemical giant Grace compares the emissions produced at the facility to baking a cake inside a home with a gas oven.

[Dave Hakkens] graduated from the Design Academy of Eindhoven and decided to try his hand at making affordable plastic recycling machines. His reasoning? “We recycle just 10% [of waste plastic ...

You don't want the effort you take to recycle to go to waste. Follow some simple steps to make sure your recycling metals are processed correctly.

If it isn’t economically feasible to recycle plastics mechanically or chemically, thermochemical recycling may offer a sustainable solution. TNO is developing technologies to thermally recycle ...

In 1950, global plastic production was around 2 million metric tons. In 2020, according to Statista, total global plastic production was around 367 million metric tons—and that was a slight ...

The increased motivation to curb plastic waste and boost recycling comes after the Blue Planet II series highlighted the threat of ocean pollution and showed footage of wildlife eating plastic.

A pan-industry scheme is testing invisible barcodes on plastic packaging to boost recycling rates. Video by Adrienne Murray .

"Recycling of paper, cardboard, metal and glass is definitely worth it," says Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and a ...

However, current recycling practices fall short of this goal. Most plastic waste is recycled mechanically: shredded and then melted down. Although this process does result in new plastic products ...

Using mechanical and chemical recycling, which recovers carbon from plastic waste and reuses it in new products, Sumitomo Chemical, based in Tokyo, Japan, is poised to expand its capacity to make ...

This year, Eastman began operating one of the largest chemical plastic recycling plants in the world. Near the company’s headquarters in Tennessee, the plant uses methanol, heat and pressure to ...