Plastic Waste is Ubiquitous Plastic is everywhere. It’s in the packaging of our food, the toys our children play with, and ...

Effective waste management systems are crucial for properly collecting, sorting, and recycling plastics, with PET and HDPE having higher recycling rates due to established infrastructure. 2,11, 12 ...

As she researched plastic waste, Kujawa learned that there are seven types of plastic, of which only two can be recycled. “In the past it used to go to China and other places that would buy it ...

In 2016, about half the plastic waste collected in the U.S. was shipped internationally, but somewhere between 25% and 75% of it was inadequately managed, a Science Advances study found.

The microbes, they found, will eat up certain types of plastic left in their environment, a discovery that could help pave the way to reduce much of the plastic waste found around the planet.

Chemical and environmental engineers detailed a method to convert plastic waste into a highly porous form of charcoal that has a whopping surface area of about 400 square meters per gram of mass.

Biodegradable plastic exists—but it’s not cheap. Several new projects turn waste into food for microbes that create PHA, a type of plastic that fully decomposes on its own, offering a less ...

When the team tested the process on real-world materials like plastic bottles, shirts and mixed plastic waste, it proved just as effective. It even broke down colored plastics into pure, colorless ...

From plastic waste to electronic devices. Article by Erica K. Brockmeier Photos by Evan Krape and courtesy of David Kaphan July 18, 2024. ... PSS could be made by sulfonating polystyrene, a synthetic ...