A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the flood of plastics into landfills is being developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. From sandwich bags ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are working on a simple way of turning scrap thermoset plastics into new thermosets with similar properties. Their process involves mixing scrap ...

SU SAN SHAPIRO HAS MORE TONS OF LEATHER SCPSRA ARE DISCARDED EACH YEAR BY MANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING FMRO BOOTS TO BAGS OFTEN ENDING UP IN LANDFILLS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MATERLIA THAT IS COMING IN ...

PET is a popular polyester, used to produce plastic packaging, textile fibers and almost 500 billion plastic bottles a year around the world. A French company called Carbios has announced a process it ...

Thermoset plastic recycling method. Thermoset plastic scrap deemed to be unrecyclable could be a new frontier in the circular economy in light of a new, continuous process patented by a Hong Kong ...

The new technique can help break mixed-fiber clothing back down into feedstock for future textiles. Less than 1% of clothing is recycled, and most of the rest ends up dumped in a landfill or burned. A ...

A new treatment method for waste products generated in the aluminum smelting industry has been developed at Portland Aluminium, based in Victoria, Australia. The waste, spent pot lining has been the ...

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have introduced a greener option for chemical manufacturers. Their electrochemical approach offers a solution to the ...

As the decommissioning volume keeps increasing, the proper disposal of PV modules has become an emerging environmental and social issue. But while the recycling of silicon PV modules is technically ...

MIT spinout and battery maker 24M Technologies today debuted a new direct-material battery recycling process for EV batteries and battery storage. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based 24M Technologies, ...