Once seen as a solution to the plastic waste problem, the process has been plagued by economic and technological difficulties ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

Global plastic waste trade fell by over 50% between 2014 and 2024, but a 2026 OECD report warns that wealthy countries are ...

They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons ...

A plastic drink bottle dropped into a recycling bin rarely comes back as another bottle. It is far more likely to be shredded ...

UB chemical engineering researchers are working to advance a recycling process to separate individual types of plastics from ...

Global plastic waste trade fell 7.7% in 2024, but exports from wealthy OECD countries to developing economies rose 15%, ...

This article appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content. 2025 is a pivotal year for plastics recycling, where progress, promises ...

Supercritical CO2 purification technology advances food-grade recycling of post-consumer flexible plastic films at scale.

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...