Water used to wash recycling materials in the study became progressively darker as it was reused. Photo courtesy of Greg ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

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

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

The escalating environmental and economic challenges posed by plastic waste have spurred a diversity of research into advanced recycling technologies. This field encompasses a range of approaches—from ...

More than 100 wineries and other businesses in Napa and Sonoma counties are out to prove a circular supply chain is a ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

New £20m facility aims to expand UK plastic recycling capacity and support closed-loop packaging for supermarkets ...

Scientists at University of Edinburgh engineered bacteria to convert plastic bottles into L-DOPA, a Parkinson's medication, ...