A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world produces 460 million metric tons of plastic each and every year. But only about 9 percent of it gets recycled, leading ...

"For as long as I walk this earth, there will be no such thing as plastic waste, only untapped potential energy." This quote, stated by young inventor Julian Brown on his company's website, NatureJab, ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

The petrochemical giant, which opened a new advanced recycling unit, is re-upping pressure for “supportive” policies on the controversial technologies. Exxon Mobil is re-upping the pressure on ...

NEW HAVEN — Yale University researchers have figured out how to convert plastic waste into “fuel-range chemicals” that could eventually power turbines and diesel engines and jets. Once refined, these ...

By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...

Ali Kamali, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, inspects a sample of liquid fuel created from plastics. He is part of a UD-led research team ...