Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into clean hydrogen ...

New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

A concurrent discovery in PMMA recycling from researchers at ETH Zurich relies on UV-activated chlorinated solvents to drive ...

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by ...

Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

A study by Iowa State University researchers found that using industrial soap to clean plastic in recycling transferred ...

Water used to wash recycling materials in the study became progressively darker as it was reused. Photo courtesy of Greg ...

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The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mixed plastics are held in an iron recycling bin behind a small general store in Derby, Indiana. Many parts of the United States ...