A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the flood of plastics into landfills is being developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. From sandwich bags ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

The asphalt pavement industry has a long history of using recycled materials in asphalt mixtures to achieve engineering, economic, or environmental benefits. One example is reclaimed asphalt pavement ...

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

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

As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling to reduction. Bales of sorted plastic for recycling are seen in a warehouse ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

With the rise of recycled content mandates and extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, the market for recycled plastics is growing rapidly. Research from Fortune Business Insights projects ...