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 ...

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 ...

A pilot program that turns unrecyclable plastic waste into multicolored building blocks is growing citywide in Tucson. Mayor Regina Romero and the City Council approved a four-year service agreement ...

A bucket of liquid plastic that never hardens sounds like a fantasy in a factory. It is also the kind of problem that drives ...

A new facility at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus meant to transform plastic waste into construction-grade building blocks is expected to begin operation in the summer of 2025, Tucson officials ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new chemical process which upcycles polyesters, including PET in plastic bottles, to morpholine amide, a versatile and ...

Chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method for producing new macromolecules with improved properties by modifying the polymers in discarded plastics.

Plastic is everywhere. From water bottles and food containers to household items and packaging, modern life depends heavily ...

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 ...

Defying scepticism, two women in Maharashtra transformed tonnes of plastic waste into a sustainable, low-cost home.