There has been a lot of conversation on social media about the downsides of polyester. But are those downsides as bad as they ...

DePoly, an advanced recycler of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyester plastics headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, has announced the upcoming launch of a 500-tons-per-year demonstration ...

Plastics are an invaluable component in today’s world; however, the increasing need for production poses a significant threat to human well-being and environmental integrity. The presence and ...

I’m on an overnight flight from New York to Frankfurt, Germany, and the accoutrements given to me in business class have a sustainable sheen. Both the polyester blanket and polyester flight kit ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic ...

This work introduces a sustainable co-recycling strategy that transforms spent LMO cathodes into highly active photothermal catalysts for efficient polyester depolymerization. Lithium deficiency in ...

A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...

“This acid can be formulated into polyester, or plastic. It is very versatile in terms of how it can be used,” Dorman said. Because aconitic acid can be harvested from plants, it has less ...

A radical new process "vaporizes" plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. The innovative chemical procedure turns the ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon "building blocks" for ...