Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

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 ...

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 ...

New reactor system converts plastic waste into sustainable jet fuel ...

In a major breakthrough in waste management, a plastic-to-fuel plant at Pachanady has produced nearly 10,000 litres of ...

Chemical recycling could play a vital role in reducing plastic waste and lowering dependence on fossil resources. German ...

Pyrolysis encompasses a suite of thermochemical processes that decompose long‐chain polymeric structures of waste plastics into smaller hydrocarbons, gaseous by-products and solid residues. Conducted ...

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 ...

This article originally appeared on 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 first ...

Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second ...

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 inexpensive ...