Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

The London-based investment firm has acquired a pyrolysis plant in the Netherlands from initial backers that included ...

Plastics made of polycarbonate are sought-after materials in industrial applications thanks to their versatility and high quality. However, recycling of plastic waste is still running up against ...

A joint research team has developed a technology to produce high-value-added plastic raw materials called dicarboxylic acids (α,ω-diacids) by recycling mixed waste plastics. The work is published in ...

A new study demonstrates a promising recycling method: transforming silicon from end-of-life solar panels into high-capacity ...

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...

After nearly three years of consideration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is standing pat on regulation of pyrolysis operations and will continue to view them as incineration. The move buys ...

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tonnes — an increase of nearly 20,000 per cent. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...