Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

Scientists have discovered how to turn used plastic bottles into a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the ...

Researchers have developed electrochemical methods that break down waste PET plastic, the material in most disposable water and soda bottles, into useful chemical building blocks while simultaneously ...

Despite the sale of the CarbonLITE plastic bottle recycling plant in Muhlenberg Township in June, the mission at the facility remains largely the same – prevent plastic bottles from winding up in ...

Plastic bottles are not only piling up in our landfills and oceans. Research shows they also shed invisible plastic particles that end up in our bodies. A new study found that a one-liter bottle of ...

As a champion of both small businesses and environmental protection, I am grateful for Subrenia Smith’s commentary regarding my Senate Bill 45 to reduce litter and the dangerous health impacts of ...

Is recycling worth it? Take a deep dive into Raleigh recycling and learn about what and how to recycle, what happens to the things we recycle and much more. To fully understand the recycling process ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...