An engineer scoops a handful of tiny pellets out of a stainless-steel canister at a manufacturing plant in the Netherlands and rolls them around in his hand. The BB-sized pellets made at Quality ...

A panel at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference explored the role of durables in advancing the recycled plastics market as well as ways to increase material supply.

Recycling aims to better the planet, but — taken into the hands of the individual — it can be a boon for one’s home by trading trash for building materials. [fokkejongerden], a student at ...

Northwestern University chemists have developed a non-toxic, resource-efficient, solvent-free method for breaking down ...

Plastic trash is a problem. In the USA, each person produces an average of 100kg of plastic waste per year. Single-use plastics like drink bottles, carrier bags, plastic straws, and disposable ...

Scientists are looking for new ways to recycle plastic in an endless loop, so it never becomes waste. Now, revolutionary technology is advancing the movement. PureCycle Technology presents a major ...

Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...