Tulane University researchers and the recycling facility Glass Half Full are using evolutionary relationships between ...

A new way of converting stubborn plastic waste into high-value chemicals using only water and oxygen has been developed by an ...

Here’s what brands should know about the state’s landmark regulations, which require producers to assume responsibility for ...

After decades of mostly failed attempts to make reusable bottles, tubs and cups work, looming waste-reduction laws are forcing companies to take a harder look at putting drinks, food and everyday ...

Scientists created a solar reactor that turns plastic waste into clean hydrogen. See how this scalable tech tackles two big ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Small-format packaging proponents are getting a sustainability win: Pilot projects are demonstrating how to sort these items at MRFs for recycling rather than sending them to disposal ...

A new collaboration aims to accelerate the commercial-scale recycling of blended textiles. HKRITA’s Green Machine 4.0, the newest iteration of its pioneering hydrothermal recycling technology, is at ...

Researchers have demonstrated how to use the power of the sun to turn plastic waste, such as drink bottles, into clean hydrogen fuel at a scale large enough to be genuinely useful in the real world, ...

Billions of small-format plastics currently end up in landfills each year simply because they are too small to be properly captured by traditional recycling equipment. To address this urgent challenge ...

Billions of small items—including select cosmetic packaging, lids, caps, coffee pods, pill bottles and more—currently slip through recycling sorting systems. Backed by industry leaders, the Smalls ...

The smart process behind large scale waste recycling This modern recycling system is designed to process and sort large volumes of waste efficiently. Watch how materials move through conveyors and ...

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