Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into clean hydrogen ...

Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or “chemical” recycling through pyrolysis.

Odd chemical pathways can give completely unexpected makeovers to some of the most troublesome waste; take, for example, an ...

When the event kicked off in 1985, New Jersey’s beaches were littered in ankle deep trash that was harming marine life, and were often closed to the public because of washed up medical waste. Though ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste—such as drink bottles ...

Buried in a proposal on natural disaster recovery is a bid to free pyrolysis plants from federal emission rules ...

Cambridge researchers develop a solar-powered reactor that converts plastic waste and old battery acid into clean hydrogen ...

If there's one thing humans have figured out, it's how to produce plastic. Unfortunately, figuring out how to recycle and reuse it is another challenge altogether. But a team of researchers at the ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year. Plastic products have been propelling our quality of life forward for over a century, from keeping food fresh longer ...

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

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have built a solar-powered reactor that converts waste plastic into hydrogen fuel ...