Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

A young inventor is turning plastic trash into liquid fuel. Is this backyard microwave pyrolysis a real solution to plastic ...

Dr. Byungwook Hwang’s research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

The mounting global plastic waste crisis has compelled scientists and engineers to seek novel solutions. Among the various technologies being explored, the pyrolysis of plastic waste has emerged as a ...

Plastic waste has become a global environmental challenge owing to its persistence and volume. Pyrolysis and related thermal degradation processes offer promising routes for converting end-of-life ...

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 ...

A University of Texas at Arlington scientist's research could have an impact on one of the world's most pressing problems: plastic waste. Plastic waste has become a major environmental concern. From ...

Italian waste management and recycling firm Recupero Etico Sostenibile S.p.A has ordered a chemical recycling production line from BlueAlp. Left to right: Maria Valerio, president of RES; Antonio ...