Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

Researchers found a way to turn plastic waste into the main ingredient in vinegar using sunlight and a simple iron based ...

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 ...

Plastic Back has partnered with a U.S.-based recycler to scale its innovative low-temperature chemical recycling technology, which converts hard-to-recycle plastics like PVC into valuable byproducts.

The chemical recycling of plastic scrap is gaining momentum, according to United Kingdom-based consultancy IDTechEx. In the article below, IDTechEx explores the early stage technologies for chemical ...

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics ...

A report by the advocacy groups Beyond Plastics and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) says chemical recycling of plastics creates large amounts of toxic waste, contributes to climate ...

Plastic Back, an Israeli startup specializing in low-temperature chemical recycling, is working with an undisclosed recycler based in Connecticut to address hard-to-recycle plastics. According to ...

The petrochemical industry has spent the past few years hard at work lobbying for state-level legislation to promote “chemical recycling,” a controversial process that critics say isn’t really ...