In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

At present, the plant has been successfully put into operation and running continuously and efficiently for several months, ...

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...

Vietnamese plant uses Niutech technology to convert waste plastic into oil, demonstrating efficiency and environmental ...

Prysmian and Eni-controlled Versalis have signed a strategic agreement to chemically recycle plastic cable waste into new ...

Dr. Byungwook Hwang’s research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled.

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