However, current recycling practices fall short of this goal. Most plastic waste is recycled mechanically: shredded and then melted down. Although this process does result in new plastic products ...

So if you want to stop the endless flow of plastic ... Only white or natural plastic is of high enough value to bother putting it through the recycling process. Instead of being recycled ...

In September, Dow declared a milestone in its effort to mitigate the flow of plastic ... of mechanical recycling, the familiar process of washing and repelletizing the plastics that consumers ...

4c01317). The process uses a chemical recycling method called photothermal conversion that converts light into heat. That concentrated heat breaks down a plastic’s polymer chains into smaller ...

Thermoset plastic recycling method. Thermoset plastic scrap deemed to be unrecyclable could be a new frontier in the circular economy in light of a new, continuous process patented by a Hong Kong ...

At recycling facilities, plastic waste is generally sorted, cleaned, chopped up or shredded into bits, melted down and remolded. It’s unsurprising that this process could produce microplastics, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sims' new recycling process uses a three-stage system to separate different polymers by taking advantage of their different densities. After granulating the WEEE and removing the metals, the mixed ...