Researchers used 3D imaging technology to understand the fine details of microplastics, paving the way for more effective methods of plastic waste recycling. In a global first, University of Waterloo ...
A research team led by Professor Kotohiro Nomura from Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a method for the depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) using alcohols and an ...
A pair of robust and inexpensive catalysts can help recycle mixtures of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most common and intractable types of plastic waste (Science 2024, DOI: ...
Technology is giving us more options for plastic waste, but new methods are still far from perfect. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in ...
Conventional pyrolysis methods to chemically recycle plastic waste require significant energy input owing to inefficient energy transfer from the heat sources to plastics and the generation of excess ...
A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath. In contrast to conventional mechanical ...
A team from Louisiana State University is reporting a “potential breakthrough” and estimates a new electromagnetic induction heating approach could save “billions of dollars.” A team from Louisiana ...
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The dark truth about plastic recycling that the industry has known for decades
Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second ...
A Home Built in Just Five Days? It sounds like something from the future, but it's already happening. Recycled plastic is ...
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Converting plastic waste into hydrogen made possible with Cambrige’s new solar reactor
Cambridge researchers have transitioned a laboratory-scale technology into a scalable, real-world application that uses ...
Going completely plastic-free may be possible, but plastic is so woven into daily life that even the most committed ...
The flat part is the supporting film to which the nano plastic is attached. The lumpy part is the nano plastic. As it spins, you can clearly see the entire area of this piece of nanoplastic. In a ...
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