Dow is partnering with the Dutch developer of a method for turning plastic trash back into oil as the global chemical powerhouse seeks to expand recycling amid rising alarm over pollution. (Bloomberg) ...

A new way of chemically recycling single-use plastics might offer an incentive to keep them out of landfills. Ivan Radic via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 New research may offer a way to keep single-use ...

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (“Aduro” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ADUR) (CSE: ACT) (FSE: 9D5), a clean technology company ...

Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first product I’d seen born of what’s being touted as ...

Dionisios G. Vlachos has plastic on the mind. The stuff fills up landfills, but finding a second life for it seems like a fool’s errand. Vlachos compares it to building a house: “It’s difficult to ...

A joint research team has developed a technology to produce high-value-added plastic raw materials called dicarboxylic acids ...

Cheap, strong, and versatile, plastic seemed like the perfect invention—until its staying power turned into a global headache ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production has ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

The gargantuan 21st century plastic problem is growing because in the U.S. less than 6% of plastic gets recycled and 9.5% of people participate in recycling, according to a 2022 report by Beyond ...