Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers develop a catalyst-free process that turns plastic waste into useful chemicals using water and oxygen. (CREDIT: ...

They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons ...

For years, the plastics industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and media investigations have revealed that it doesn’t make economic sense and that petrochemical ...

Purification and depolymerization and conversion, oh, my! We look into these technologies and their role in plastics recovery. | Rost9/Shutterstock This article appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of ...

Dublin, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Plastic Chemical Recycling Market Opportunity, Growth Drivers, Industry Trend Analysis, and Forecast 2025-2034" has been added to ...

Once seen as a solution to the plastic waste problem, the process has been plagued by economic and technological difficulties ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. The possible change ...

In response, Niutech has launched its new-generation large industrial continuous intelligent pyrolysis line, with substantial gains in single-unit processing capacity, operating efficiency, cost ...

Additionally, the proposed legislation would ban a range of chemicals and define forms of chemical recycling as “disposal.” ...

European nations voted Friday to allow for chemical recycling to play a larger role in the production of plastic bottles, overcoming reservations about the energy-intensive technology. Under EU rules, ...

・Researchers developed a catalyst-free recycling method that uses only water and oxygen to break down durable plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene. ・Microscopic droplets generate reactive ...