Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ...

But this breakthrough doesn't stand alone; recent developments in plastic science and recycling include pyrolysis research to ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

According to the National Research Council, the 115 million people living in the Philippines use approximately 2.3 million ...

Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

Plastic waste has long outpaced our ability to deal with it, largely because the most common packaging plastics are hard to ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more efficient? A review article by ...

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 ...

Black plastics pose an identification problem for sorting machines at recycling facilities, as the sensors can't see them. Canon has developed a system that users lasers and tracking tech to identify ...

Diāna Calpanova, Communication consultant for the “Getliņi EKO” information campaign “Jāšķiro ir viss! Un viss.” (“Everything must be sorted! Everything.”) Waste sorting in Latvia is becoming ...