Operators should watch for changes in line sound, vibration, melt appearance, surface quality, and cooling behavior.

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

Silicone is used in myriad household products, but the science on the material's safety is lacking.

Plastic waste has long been viewed as one of the world's most persistent environmental challenges. Yet researchers have now ...

The microplastics crisis will get worse in the next decade and a half even relative to the overall plastics emergency. There are seven main known sources of microplastics: tires, paint, recycling, ...

Cambridge researchers have transitioned a laboratory-scale technology into a scalable, real-world application that uses ...

In the future, microorganisms could help return hard-to-recycle plastics to the recycling loop. Nick Wierckx, a molecular ...

The spike in oil prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East has offered a difficult lesson in the reliance that ...

The world's first 200,000 tons/year industrial plant for deep cracking of mixed scrap plastics successfully began trial ...

Plastic recycling was sold as the answer, but new data suggests the system may be failing far more waste than expected.

Products from Nestlé Gerber and Danone were recently found to contain microplastics. But how can food companies keep ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that have infiltrated our environment and found their way into our food supply.