A new enzymatic process cuts costs by 74 percent, slashes chemical use, and recycles PET plastic cleaner than oil-based ...

In this video, we reveal the incredible recycling process that transforms waste plastic bags into new plastic chairs, demonstrating an eco-friendly solution to plastic waste. Plastic bags, which ...

Discover the fascinating process of recycling plastic scrap into reusable materials. Watch how discarded plastic is collected, sorted, and transformed through advanced techniques, reducing waste ...

That process is called mechanical recycling, in which recycling is sorted to separate the plastic. Then, the plastic is chopped, melted in an extruder, and shaped in an injection molder.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises. ... Fifth and finally, the process of recycling is prohibitively expensive.

Plastic vaporising process could recycle bags and bottles indefinitely. ... plastics degrade in each recycling round and end up in landfill after only a few cycles through this process.

For one, the process also looks very close to trash incineration – so there is a question of whether the extracted product is plastic or trash. Of course, this a problem that the moonshiners ...

Soda bottles, sour cream containers and disposable cutlery—these plastics (and many others) typically arrive at recycling plants mixed together in the same bin. But because they are made of ...

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 molecules ...

The recycling industry could adopt the process soon; in recent years, at least 10 large chemical companies have built or announced plans for facilities to produce pyrolysis oils from waste plastics.