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 ...

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

A research team demonstrates that palm-based handicraft processing wastes—specifically tagua nut and bodhi root—can be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

InnoVent’s technology converts end-of-life tires into products like tire pyrolysis oil and recovered carbon black.

A trade group wants federal environmental officials to reconsider proposed rule changes that would impact how waste plastics that undergo pyrolysis are regulated. The U.S. Environmental Protection ...

A company called 245Recycle LLC is in the planning stages for a chemical recycling facility for plastics to be located somewhere on the Texas Gulf Coast. The Houston-based company plans to use ...

As a biofuel, ethanol has drawbacks. Conventional engines and infrastructure can corrode when exposed to it. The alcohol can absorb water from the air, reducing its already low energy density and ...