Researchers have found a way to turn plastic waste into hydrogen using sulfuric acid recovered from old car batteries and ...

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In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is inexpensive ...

Plastic waste has long been viewed as one of the world's most persistent environmental challenges. Yet researchers have now demonstrated a remarkable way to transform that problem into something ...

The world is currently experiencing a “plastic crisis,” with over 400 million tons of plastic waste generated annually that is causing widespread pollution, increasing the impacts of climate change ...

Only a small percentage of plastic bags and other polyethylene packaging is recycled because only low-value products can be made from this waste. Chemists have created a catalytic process that ...

Besides climate change, which is mostly the result of our carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, plastic pollution stands as one of the most critical environmental concerns of this decade. The sheer ...

A joint research team led by Dr. Sang-Goo Jeon from the Bioenergy and Resources Upcycling Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) and Dr. Jung-Oh Ahn from the BioProcess ...

The worldwide accumulation of plastic waste in oceans, lakes, landfills, and rivers is the foremost concern of environmentalists. One of the main factors associated with plastic pollution is the lack ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

PNNL licenses catalytic process to Refinity to convert mixed plastic waste into sustainable aviation fuel and other products.