Recycling Phone Batteries Gets Closer with Rust-Busting Material
Mobile phone batteries with a lifetime up to three times longer than today’s technology could be a reality thanks to an innovation led by...
Sustainable Plant-Based Foam for Car Seats and Mattresses
The big idea
Sustainable Plant-Based Foam for Car Seats and Mattresses : A new plant-based substitute for polyurethane foam eliminates the health risk of the...
Huge Step Towards Strong and Durable Biobased Plastics
Overcoming the low reactivity of biobased secondary diols in polyester synthesis
Huge Step Towards Strong and Durable Biobased Plastics: In a recent paper in Nature...
Michigan Team Recycles Previously Unrecyclable Plastic
Michigan Team Recycles Previously Unrecyclable Plastic: PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is one of the most produced plastics in the United States and the third...
Recycling Previously Unrecyclable Polyvinyl Chloride
by University of Michigan
Recycling Previously Unrecyclable Polyvinyl Chloride: PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is one of the most produced plastics in the United States and the...
PLA Bioplastic Causes More Sleight-of-Hand Confusion
Is packaging made of polylactic acid (PLA) derived from corn intended to be compostable or recyclable? News about the biopolymer creates mixed signals.
PLA Bioplastic...
Eco-Friendly and Biodegradable Paper Senses Attributes about Food
by Seoul National University
Eco-Friendly and Biodegradable Paper Senses Attributes about Food: A research group led by Prof. Seung Hwan Ko from the Dept. of Mechanical...
Dow Accelerates Goals for Circular Plastics
Company will meet rapidly growing demand with 2030 Transform the Waste target by building industrial ecosystems to collect, reuse, or recycle plastic waste.
Dow Accelerates...
Germany to Get Europe’s Largest Advanced Recycling Plant
Mura Technology will build the advanced recycling facility at Dow’s Böhlen site in Germany. Completion is expected by 2025.
Germany to Get Europe’s Largest Advanced...
Plastics of the Future is Sustainable, Thanks to Chemical Recycling
By Kelsey Simpkins
Plastics of the Future is Sustainable, Thanks to Chemical Recycling: One day in the not-too-distant future, the plastics in our satellites, cars and...
