Plastic waste represents an escalating environmental challenge and necessitates scalable processing strategies consistent with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 12 on responsible ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and ...

Plastic waste has long been viewed as one of the world's most persistent environmental challenges. Yet researchers have now ...

Concrete’s widespread use in construction is increasing due to urbanization and population growth. While it offers durability and strength, its production poses environmental challenges. Researchers ...

About 100 million metric tons of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), one of the world's most commonly used plastics, are produced annually, using more than 15 times the energy needed to power New York ...

Hawaii researchers are giving old fishing nets and recycled plastic a second life by mixing them into asphalt roads. Early ...

Recycled plastic pellets from polyethylene (PE) can be used when making a water bottle for instance. But we can never have full knowledge of what chemicals will end up in an item made of recycled ...

This article is authored by Suhas Dixit, CEO, APChemi & Sunita Mohanty, advisor, Primus Partners.

In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfills ...

Hawaii is taking a bold step toward solving its plastic waste problem by turning derelict fishing nets and residential plastic trash into asphalt roads. Researchers at the Center for Marine Debris ...