New Plastic Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water
by University of California - San Diego
New Plastic Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water: Plastics, now ubiquitous in the modern world, have become a rising threat...
Cracking the Carbon Removal Challenge
Founded by MIT chemical engineers and winner of an XPRIZE Carbon Removal milestone award, Verdox is working to move the needle on climate change.
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Company Converts Waste Plastic into Recyclable Material
VTT spinoff Olefy uses gasification technology to turn plastic waste into high-value virgin-grade plastics.
Company Converts Waste Plastic into Recyclable Material: A process that could...
From Waste to Next-Gen Carbon Fiber
A new chemically designed lignin leads to stronger, lighter carbon fiber and better recycled plastics
From Waste to Next-Gen Carbon Fiber: Research from Washington University...
Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling ‘Associating Polymers’
by Kaitlyn Landram, Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering
Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling 'Associating Polymers': When plastic materials are processed or recycled, their fundamental...
New Method for Recycling Polystyrene
New Method for Recycling Polystyrene: Ocean trash and overflowing landfills have drawn widespread attention to the plastic waste that we put into our environment....
Plastic Upcycling: From Waste to Fuel for Less
Plastic upcycling provides a way to reuse the waste carbon now cluttering landfills and beaches. Credit: Sara Levine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
by Pacific Northwest National...
Plastic that is Degradable and Highly Recyclable
by University of Turku
Plastic that is Degradable and Highly Recyclable: A research group headed by senior researcher Jianwei Li at the MediCity Research Laboratory has...
Extruders to Solve Plastic Sustainability Problems
Battenfeld-Cincinnati to bring innovative water management solutions to K 2022 - Extruders to Solve Plastic Sustainability Problems
Extruders to Solve Plastic Sustainability Problems: At this...
Engineering Enzymes to Help Solve the Planet’s Plastic Problem
by University of Manchester
Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform toimprove plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution.
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