Recycling is the process of turning old or unwanted items into new products instead of throwing them away. On a basic level, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers develop a catalyst-free process that turns plastic waste into useful chemicals using water and oxygen. (CREDIT: ...

The vehicles on the road today are next decade's raw material, and the ones building capacity, especially in battery ...

Recycling of electric car batteries can be easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, according to a new scientific article, which outlines an optimized recycling process. The research ...

Polyurethane plastics are ubiquitous, used everywhere from mattresses to shoes. But once these products are no longer wanted, these materials litter landfills and oceans across the world. William ...

Although many Americans deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not ...

A study conducted by CNRS 1 researchers describes a new method of recycling silicone waste (caulk, sealants, gels, adhesives, cosmetics, etc.). It has the potential to significantly reduce the ...

ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith visits a University of Houston lab for a rare look at one way plastic could be recycled. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse ...

Addressing the need to create robust feedstocks of post-use plastics, researchers at the UK’s University of Bath have developed a rapid chemical recycling process that breaks down polycarbonates ...

Airtech Advanced Materials Group has collaborated with the National Composites Centre (NCC) and Plan B Circular to develop a ...

Tesla released more details about its effort to deploy large-scale battery recycling, and it claims that it can recover about 92% of battery cell materials with its recycling process. When it comes to ...

Igers s.r.l., in partnership with its technology partner Stadler, has opened a new textile recycling plant in San Pietro Mosezzo, in the province of Novara in Piedmont, Italy. Germany-based Stadler ...