A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have identified a catalytic route to convert household plastic waste into a ...

"Although chemical recycling is a key strategy for building a circular economy, many current technologies lack strong ...

A groundbreaking discovery led by the University of St. Andrews has found a way to turn ordinary household plastic waste into the building block for anti-cancer drugs. Household PET (polyethylene ...

In relation to the plastics, chemical recycling breaks down PET’s long polymer chains into individual units called monomers ...

"The bottom line drives a lot of innovation." Startup develops game-changing solution for major problem with common waste: 'I ...

Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually transforming it into something constructive? Plastic pollution is a proliferating and increasingly overwhelming ...

New catalytic recycling turns everyday PET plastics into valuable pharmaceutical intermediates for cancer medications and ...

Researchers at a Scottish University have converted plastic waste into a key building block for anti-cancer drugs. Currently, these types of medication ...

Francis Thuti, Environmentalist and researcher is recycling plastic waste into cabro building blocks at Nanyuki town dumpsite. [Lydiah Nyawira, Standard] Persevering the scorching sun, he rummages ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...