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 ...

Recently, researchers from Yale University may have made a dent in that inefficiency. They successfully tested a novel way to ...

A 22-year-old inventor is gaining viral attention for what he calls “Plastoline,” a fuel he says is made from plastic waste.

The move, announced Thursday, follows three months of intensifying public backlash against plans for a first-of-its-kind ...

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 ...

Small-scale waste pyrolysis power generation involves technologies such as pyrolysis and gasification. Fireprint Technology's ...

An analyst with the Boston-based research firm says tonnage outputs at installed plastic pyrolysis systems largely are disappointing. The senior analyst of Lux Research says his own company’s forecast ...

The contract covers a "60,000-tonne-per-year industrial continuous waste plastic pyrolysis production line," with a total value of approximately £22 million (equivalent to RMB 198 million). This ...

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 ...

A Sonoma County company developing a new way of recycling plastic expects to shift its operations out of California, for now, ...

Coolbrook has achieved a major breakthrough in circular plastics and materials by successfully cracking 100% ...