It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is exploiting that property to recycle at least two major ...

A research team led by Professor Kotohiro Nomura from Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a method for the depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) using alcohols and an ...

Depolymerization process. By employing high pressure, reactor operators can achieve highly efficient depolymerization of polyethylene (PE) of varying densities or polypropylene (PP). The pressure ...

Specialty material solutions provider Trinseo is advancing the potential of sustainable plastics with the inauguration of its next-generation polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization plant in ...

Lignin, a renewable aromatic biopolymer with complex three-dimensional networks and diverse functional groups, represents a promising sustainable feedstock for value-added chemicals and fuels. However ...

A facility that transforms used plastic bottles, PET packaging, and polyester textiles into virgin-quality raw materials opened its doors in Monthey, Switzerland, on July 6 to 7, 2026, marking a ...

Substantial efforts are being made to advance recycling technologies, transforming discarded plastics into raw materials that can be reused. Chemical recycling emerges as a major frontier in this ...

Lake County Board members went back and forth Tuesday over language in the Solid Waste Management Plan Update on a technology taking the recycling world by storm, “depolymerization,” a type of plastic ...

Grist thanks its sponsors. Become one. To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. Here's How A polymer is a large group of ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...