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Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on-farm each year, making new products instead.

How can nuclear science help keep plastic waste out of the ocean and our daily lives? Nuclear science offers innovative solutions to address plastic pollution across its entire lifecycle.

Green Recycle targets industrial plastics in Virginia The new southern Virginia company is focusing on collecting and reprocessing industrially generated plastic scrap.

Matuana, holding a plant-based plastic bottle, said students and researchers are working on plastics that don't come from petroleum as well as petroleum-based monoplastics that are easier to recycle.

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday.

PARIS: The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10 percent with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday. Researchers from ...

Recycling and upcycling efforts are intensifying as the most viable options for managing plastic wastes, with radiation technologies emerging as an innovative, clean and efficient tool to convert used ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking method to break down plastic waste using moisture from the air.

A team of scientists with Professor Tobin J. Marks broke down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air.

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be ...