Burning plastic can also put a cocktail of dangerous chemicals into the air, including dioxins, polycyclic aromatic ...

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...

US researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have found a new way to ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert discarded plastic into gasoline and diesel-like fuels. This breakthrough could help address ...

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% of ...

As a plastic waste plant violates pollution rules, its owner vies for second location to become a major player in so-called ...

Ali Kamali, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, inspects a sample of liquid fuel created from plastics. He is part of a UD-led research team ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in ...