"The approach, which the team describes as requiring less energy, less equipment, and fewer steps than conventional ...

Now, a University of Delaware-led research team has developed a new type of catalyst that enhances conversion of plastic ...

Hydrogenolysis, one promising upcycling approach, uses hydrogen gas and a catalyst to break down polymers in plastics into ...

Scientists found a catalyst that turns waste plastic waste into cleaner fuel much faster than before, making the process more ...

Our ability to survive on the only known habitable planet has always involved adaptation and innovation. Carbon emissions and plastics, while central to our current way of life, have detrimental ...

Scientists in Finland have developed a groundbreaking way to turn air pollution into plastic, a process that could help clean ...

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 California-based company working to turn plastic waste into diesel fuel is no longer planning to build in downtown Fayetteville after an outpouring of community opposition, but it’s not giving up on ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more ...

For the past few weeks, the internet has been obsessed with the strange case of Julian Brown—a 21-year-old inventor from Georgia who supposedly unlocked a secret Big Oil doesn’t want us to know.

Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics ...