That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

Plastic recycling remains a serious problem. Inadequate recycling not only increases the amount of waste left in landfills, incineration plants and nature, but also contributes to the formation of ...

However, the Netherlands wants to be 100% circular by 2050. To close the plastics chain, we need new recycling technologies, ideally ones that combine high efficiency with low energy consumption That ...

These techniques involve using electron beam accelerators to irradiate post-consumer plastics to recycle them and to more easily reform them into other products. “ Irradiating materials is no longer ...

From Microplastics to Macro-Impact: Plastic Recycling Challenges Jan. 13, 2025 — The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in ...

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