When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry ...

Before we bade farewell to 2023, I wrote a Forbes Technology Council article diving into the impact of chemistry on sustainability and sharing my two cents on several considerations and opportunities ...

Despite polyethylene terephthalate (PET) being one of the most widely recycled plastics, only about 20% of used PET bottles ...

The reaction can form and break apart ultra-strong sulfur-sulfur bonds within seconds, which could have major implications in ...

TotalEnergies' new plastics recycling plant has come under fire from environmental activists, who claim the chemicals it uses ...

Chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste represents a vital strategy to transform discarded plastic into high‐quality feedstocks, thereby fostering a circular economy and reducing ...

ProPublica finds advanced recycling techniques are not matching mechanical recycling’s rate of converting discarded plastic into new plastic. For genuine circularity, investments in mechanical ...

Used plastic plates, cups, forks, spoons, napkins, and bottles strewn about a grassy area Although polystyrene consumer products are incredibly common, the economics of recycling means most of this ...

Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could ...

The announcement comes one week after the company signed an MOU to develop a commercial license package for its technology.

Chemical recycling technologies haven’t come as far as expected, but policy changes mean some firms are regaining traction ...