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 ...

Sorting plastic is hard; scientists found compatibilizers may enable direct recycling of mixed plastics into 3D-printed ...

New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

In this episode on Tekniq, we venture into the recycling of plastic bottles, the reuse of all kinds of plastic materials, how biogas is carried around and stored at homes using plastic bags, and the ...

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 ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...

The first thing to know is what’s accepted in your yellow-lidded kerbside bin depends on where you live and what your local ...

Is recycling worth it? Take a deep dive into Raleigh recycling and learn about what and how to recycle, what happens to the things we recycle and much more. When a plastic soda or water bottle is ...

When picking up a bottle of pop at the store, most people end up grabbing a bottle that one local man helped invent. Tom Brady, originally from Maumee, was part of the team that invented the ...