A team of South Korean researchers has developed the world’s first hydrogen-powered plasma torch that uses temperatures up to ...

Using the quirky physics of plasma, this torch instantly converts mixed plastic waste into chemical compounds that can be ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern ...

The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers has ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics.

Scientists have discovered that waxworm caterpillars can break down polyethylene plastic, one of the most common and ...

Scientists have unveiled a potentially revolutionary discovery involving caterpillars that can digest plastic and turn it ...

Researchers have developed a non-toxic, eco-friendly, solvent-free process for recycling PET plastic back into its monomers. The process harnesses moisture from the air and a simple catalyst, and can ...

Researchers in India have developed a process that can turn old low-density polyethylene (the most common form of plastic waste) into usable liquid fuels.

In a paper published this week, researchers detail how a new process could enable the recycling of polyethylene, the material in plastic bags.

That process is called mechanical recycling, in which recycling is sorted to separate the plastic. Then, the plastic is chopped, melted in an extruder, and shaped in an injection molder.

Can the United Nations process to combat global plastic pollution ever reach agreement? Or is some other way forward necessary? The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC) ...