Recycling is one answer to the growth in plastic waste but treating “wash water” used to clean recycled plastic before re-use can produce safer recycled ...

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

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

The Finnish company says it has commissioned the world’s largest upgrading facility for liquefied plastic scrap, helping it to scale up chemical recycling.

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...