It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

The SSPP Challenge drives innovation in sustainable plastics, aiming to reduce plastic waste and improve recycling rates through strategic funding and research.

An open tender has been launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme inviting bids which will increase the use of recycled plastic materials within the Electrical and Electronic Equipment ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

An ambitious project at UC Berkeley aims to take plastic and break it down to create new plastic. Scientists at Berkeley said they have discovered a new way to vaporize plastic bottles and bags. What ...

Clariant, Borealis and SINTEF demonstrate technology that converts plastic waste into steam cracker feedstock for polyolefins ...

WASHINGTON — Petrochemical companies like those along the Houston Ship Channel have for nearly a decade invested billions of dollars in developing advanced recycling systems to curb the flow of ...

Global packaging producer Amcor PLC, Zurich, recently announced its support of a three-year plastic recycling project led by the Danish Technological Institute. The co-funded partnership, Circular ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/Community News Service Natalie Bankmann is a reporter for the Community News Service, part of the ...

Work on an NSF-funded project on data science for research that addresses critical sustainability challenges. Experience or basic skills in coding (e.g., Python, R) are preferred. Project is Not ...