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.
To...
Inside Honeywell’s Advanced Recycling Research
Inside Honeywell’s Advanced Recycling Research: Honeywell UOP Riverside operations in McCook, IL, outside Chicago, are a sprawling industrial site that houses a large central laboratory...
Designer Materials to Keep Plastic Out of Landfills
– By Alison Hatt
Scientists have designed a new material system to overcome one of the biggest challenges in recycling consumer products: mixed-plastic recycling. Their achievement will...
A Simple, Cheap Material for Carbon Capture, Perhaps from Tailpipes
by Robert Sanders, University of California - Berkeley
Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine—the main component of Formica—chemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way...