Researchers at the University of Waterloo report a sunlight-driven process that uses single-atom iron anchored to a support ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic are produced globally every year. New research shows how that waste can be turned ...

Using nanomaterial-based catalysts, we drive depolymerisation, a process that breaks plastics back into their molecular ...

Sorting plants in recycling usually do not recognize black plastic, which is why it is sorted out instead of being recycled. A new process is to change this.

The Finnish company says it has commissioned the world’s largest upgrading facility for liquefied plastic scrap, helping it ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year.