The new method converts waste plastic into pyrolysis oil, which contains valuable olefins used in various industries. This process offers an opportunity to derive high-value alcohols worth up to ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty ...

Although the need for effective waste management has been recognized for decades, human and environmental health challenges associated with plastic waste are not only growing but also accelerating.

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have successfully transformed common plastic waste into a high-value precursor for Parkinson’s disease medication.

The facility, which can process up to 38,000 tonnes of plastic annually, is set to open this year.

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

TotalEnergies' new plastics recycling plant has come under fire from environmental activists, who claim the chemicals it uses ...