The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. While chemical recycling may produce a variety of products including monomers, upcycling typically involves creating higher-value ...

Plastic waste management encompasses a spectrum of strategies aimed at mitigating environmental harm, conserving resources and advancing circularity. Traditional systems rely heavily on mechanical ...

A pair of robust and inexpensive catalysts can help recycle mixtures of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most common and intractable types of plastic waste (Science 2024, DOI: ...

Discover how the Thermo Scientific TM Process TM 11 and Process TM 16 extruders can aid in mechanical polymer recycling by helping define the optimal workflow and recycling parameters. Why is it ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

The recycling byproducts are basically fragments of the original material, the carbon-fiber reinforced polymer composite (CFRP). The fragments consist of molecules known as oligomers, smaller chains ...

A team of researchers led by Brent Sumerlin, the George B. Butler Professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemistry, has made a breakthrough with the potential to transform how we recycle ...

The advanced recycling market predominantly focuses on technologies like pyrolysis and depolymerization (thermal, chemical, and enzymatic). To a lesser extent, methods such as gasification and ...

Analysis by IDTechEx says technological refinement and commercial scaling are among the challenges still being confronted in the chemical recycling subsector. Polypropylene is among the resin types ...

It is impossible to discuss the huge increase in polymer production without recognizing the impact that it has had on the environment. On the other hand, using plastics in packaging and transportation ...

During the upcoming show in Milan, Meccanoplastica will demonstrate how Ineos’ sustainable polymers enable compliance with EU ...

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