PET is one of the most commonly used plastics. It’s usually transparent ... That’s partly because they consist of several ...

UTA chemists explain how plastic pyrolysis works to breaks down plastic waste into molecules that be used again ...

The research, led by experts from the University of Portsmouth and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), in Belgium, looked at how two different types of plastic break down when tested in extreme ...

There are loads of different types of plastic. Plastic fibres can even be used to make clothes like swimsuits, or space suits! Just look at this hospital. Plastic surfaces and chairs that are easy ...

The Southern Nevada Recycling Center can process roughly 700,000 pounds per day, but not all objects make it through the ...

The researchers used different plastic types (polystyrene, such as the packing peanuts used for shipping; polyethylene, found in plastic zip-top bags; and polypropylene, which is found in crates, ...

"There is a dire need for better technologies that can process different types of plastic waste. Most of the technologies that we have today melt down plastic bottles and downcycle them into lower ...