Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

Plastic waste continues to accumulate at an alarming rate, with traditional recycling methods struggling to keep pace. Chemical recycling, also known as advanced recycling, offers a promising avenue ...

Industry is pushing chemical recycling as a fix for plastic pollution and the climate crisis. It won’t solve either problem — but it will create new ones. Industry is pushing chemical recycling as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alterra's liquefaction plant in Akron, Ohio, uses pyrolysis as its chemical recycling process to manufacture new plastics. The ...

California's AG is appealing a judge's ruling that ExxonMobil can continue its chemical recycling defamation suit, while a ...

ExxonMobil announced Dec. 14, 2022, that it had started operations at its large-scale advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas. This story was originally published on Waste Dive. To receive daily ...

Different polymer recycling methods, such as chemical recycling and mechanical recycling, can be used to manage plastic waste and minimize its impact on humans and the environment. Polymer recycling ...

In its proposed new rules to implement Senate Bill 54, CalRecycle says it will consider recycling technologies that follow standards issued by the Geneva-based International Organization for ...

A collaborative effort in Houston to collect all types of plastic has created stockpiles awaiting the ramping up of end markets, according to an investigation. When it was formed, the Houston ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a plant-based material that can selectively recover dysprosium, ...