Plastic is everywhere. From water bottles and food containers to household items and packaging, modern life depends heavily ...

The setup includes at least eight stages, including a separating system, a cooling area, and a continuous pyrolysis line. Its ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

For decades, recycling plastic has been a losing game — too slow, too expensive, and too limited in scope. Most methods rely on high-heat extrusion and mechanical separation, degrading the material ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic plastic waste inundating their communities to cook and heat their homes.

Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.

Of the nearly 400 million tons of plastic waste produced annually, about half ends up discarded, polluting landscapes and waterways worldwide. Developing sustainable ways to recover, break down and ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

A pilot project in Georgia is addressing one of the home insulation industry's most persistent sustainability challenges — the disposal of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging that typically ends up in ...

Russian researchers at NCFU have created a new asphalt mixture using modified PET plastic waste. The innovation improves road ...