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Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...
Chemical Engineering

SUEZ and Pyreg launch pyrolysis technology to produce biochar from sewage sludge

SUEZ and PYREG, a global leader in organic waste pyrolysis solutions, are pleased to announce the deployment of Pyrolis® S2B, an innovative integrated ...
The Providence Journal

This process uses heat to turn plastic into flammable fuel. Legislators want to ban it in RI.

PROVIDENCE – Three years ago, after state regulators rejected a proposal in West Warwick to build a medical waste-to-energy plant, Gov. Dan McKee went a step further and signed a statewide ban on ...
Recycling Today

Commentary: Pyrolysis offers hope to tackle the plastics crisis

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...