Bob Powell had spent more than a decade in the energy industry when he turned his attention to the problem of plastic waste. “I’m very passionate about the environment,” he says. To him, the ...

B&P Plastics Inc., which does business as Advance Plastics, has announced the closure of its plant in National City, Calif., following the retirement of its founder. The company filed a work ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet's oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling ...

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Outside a hulking, beige structure shaped like a barn, a few miles northeast of downtown Tyler, Karen Combs spots something glossy and red on a gloomy January afternoon. “There was your Skittles,” she ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "The Global Market for Advanced Plastics Recycling 2023-2040" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Advanced recycling technologies that utilize heat ...

City College of New York Grove School of Engineering: advanced plastic recycling could save massive amounts of energy. Recycling could also significantly cut emissions from plastic-making.

Ground up plastics that Alterra Energy receives from recycling facilities, move along a conveyor at the start of their process that transforms the material into a liquid that is then used in the ...

Ground up plastics that Alterra Energy receives from recycling facilities, move along a conveyor at the start of their process that transforms the material into a liquid that is then used in the ...

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 ...