Researchers have used a low-emissions method to harvest hydrogen and graphene from waste plastics. They say it not only solves environmental problems like plastic pollution and greenhouse gas ...

New research supports the value of household-level waste separation. But policies must also carefully consider consumer ...

NTU researchers develop a solvent-free process to recycle mixed plastic packaging and recover high-quality materials.

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

The new method converts waste plastic into pyrolysis oil, which contains valuable olefins used in various industries. This process offers an opportunity to derive high-value alcohols worth up to ...

New research confirms that the tedious daily habit of peeling labels off plastic bottles and rinsing and sorting plastic bags ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert discarded ...

Methods that don't employ a catalyst, though, tend to have low rates of converting the waste into products of use. For this project, the researchers found a way around both of these obstacles and ...

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 ...

Scientists in the United States and China say they have developed a one-step method to convert mixed plastic waste into petrol at room temperature and ambient pressure, achieving more than 95 percent ...