Neste has processed liquefied waste plastic (e.g. pyrolysis oil) since 2020. The construction of the new upgrading facility and its integration to the existing oil refinery began in 2023 and was ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are working on engineering bacteria to convert chemicals derived from waste ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/Community News Service Natalie Bankmann is a reporter for the Community News Service, part of the ...

The amount of plastic waste around the world continues to grow, ushering in a rising environmental, economic and public health crisis that affects everyone and everything on the planet. A 2022 report ...

The Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) has announced the winners of its 2026 Recycling Heroes Competition. The theme this year was “Don’t Think Waste – ...

People walking the streets of downtown Petaluma, California, started seeing something new on the sidewalks in summer. Alongside the usual trash cans and recycling containers were large purple bins ...

An Adams County homeowner has recycled her vinyl siding into a patio with the help of CRDC, a plastics recycling company in York. Only 20 pounds of waste was generated from the entire farmhouse ...