Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for ...

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Two people stand in a laboratory in front of a closed fume hood; each is wearing goggles, a lab coat, and gloves and holds a box of nitrile rubber gloves. Evan Bailey and Caroline Gilmer were inspired ...

Conglomerate signs contract with Houston-based Lummus Technology to design and build a plant to handle 40,000 tons of plastic scrap annually via pyrolysis. MOL says the chemical recycling of plastics ...

Plans for a plastic film recycling facility in Darlington have been approved, with developers saying the project could create up to 120 jobs.

At the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, an incredible collaboration is taking place between a 16-year-old high school student and the medical staff. The ReCap Project, ...

The Bamble facility will use pyrolysis technology powered by renewable energy to recover carbon from end-of-life plastics.

Dar es Salaam. Plastic waste that would otherwise end up polluting rivers and the ocean is being transformed into economic opportunities for young Tanzanians, following an initiative that has seen 120 ...

An ambitious project at UC Berkeley aims to take plastic and break it down to create new plastic. Scientists at Berkeley said they have discovered a new way to vaporize plastic bottles and bags. What ...