Researchers have developed electrochemical methods that break down waste PET plastic, the material in most disposable water ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 23, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway also used by fungi.

Each manufacturing sector has a distinctive set of tools, processes, technologies, and challenges. These differences make it extremely difficult, costly, and time consuming for manufacturers to adapt ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

Dr. Byungwook Hwang’s research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Biodegradable plastics don’t break down on their own. Researchers found ocean microbes play a key role, and results can vary ...

Resynergi is awaiting approval of an air quality permit for its plastic processing plant in SOMO village, which would melt plastic into oil. Residents are concerned about the facility's proximity to a ...

Industry peers are invited to share innovations and gain fresh perspectives at the manufacturing trade show and conference in ...