Five general principles of waste minimization apply just as well to the smaller-scale operations of research laboratories as they do to industrial settings: Chemicals can be ordered conservatively to ...

New research aims to ease the process of chemical recycling -- an emerging industry that could turn waste products back into natural resources by physically breaking plastic down into the smaller ...

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

Most colleges and universities generate hazardous waste and therefore are regulated as hazardous waste generators. Chemical use in laboratories results in the need for disposal of mixed solvents, ...

To paraphrase a line from Alice in Wonderland, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” In the ever-evolving landscape of sustainability and recycling, the plastics ...

The newest flashpoint in a political battle between environmental groups and the plastics industry over “chemical” or “advanced” recycling has to do with the kinds of claims that can be made and still ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

The plastics industry claims that ‘chemical recycling’ or ‘advanced recycling’ technologies, which use heat or solvents to convert waste plastic into chemical feedstocks that can potentially be ...

Diplomats negotiating guidelines for an international convention on hazardous wastes this month in Switzerland debated a new section on the “chemical recycling” of plastic debris fouling the global ...