Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...

Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The ...

Researchers found a way to turn plastic waste into the main ingredient in vinegar using sunlight and a simple iron based ...

Polyethylene, or PE, is one of the most commonly produced plastics in the world. It is used primarily for making grocery bags, trash bags and packaging films and wraps as well as food containers, ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a solar-powered method to convert 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 ...

A$11.2m in joint federal and NSW funding will expand facilities to process hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics ...

Dublin, Jan. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Plastic Waste Management Market: 2026 Edition" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global plastic waste management market value in ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year. Plastic products have been propelling our quality of life forward for over a century, from keeping food fresh longer ...