A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed researchers to re-purpose the materials to ...

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass ...

UTA chemists explain how plastic pyrolysis works to breaks down plastic waste into molecules that be used again ...

Republic Services, widely known as a solid waste and recycling company, eventually wants to process north of 90 percent of all recycled plastics the company collects around the country instead of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas at Arlington and Alexander Kaplitz, University of ...

Plastics Recyclers Europe has noted the slowest growth in Europe’s plastic recycling capacity ‘in years’, blaming a decline in domestic production, increases in imports, and company closures due to ...

Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, F-33600 Pessac, France ...

State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resource and Environment, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China ...

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered a process that could change how we handle plastic waste forever. Melting, the traditional way of recycling plastic, degrades the material ...

“Every piece of plastic we keep out of the ocean makes a difference, but we need businesses to step up and do more. That’s why I’m so excited to join forces with Zuzu to spark real change. Let’s turn ...

Trade groups, including the New York Business Council and the American Chemistry Council, say it does not account for “advanced” or “chemical” recycling, a process which breaks plastic ...

It’s a much more elegant way to tackle plastic recycling issues.” To conduct the new study, the researchers used a molybdenum catalyst and activated carbon — both of which are inexpensive, abundant ...