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To accelerate plastics recycling, the old adage "If you build it, they will come" simply doesn't hold up. Making headway ...

A new approach to plastic recycling being explored at Penn State could make the process more efficient by using tiny ...

Nearly all black plastics get sent to the landfill or get incinerated because their pigment makes them difficult to sort in plastics recycling plants. As a result, the recycling industry pays little ...

A joint research team has developed a technology to produce high-value-added plastic raw materials called dicarboxylic acids (α,ω-diacids) by recycling mixed waste plastics. The work is published in ...

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The recycling industry is under increasing pressure because of legislation and ambitious recycling targets. Although ...

Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team has ...

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Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead - In 2018 alone, more than three million tons of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfill ...

The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating. In 2024, only 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally, while 91% of plastic waste is believed to not be recycled. Even worse, the ...