Tag: Recycle
Novel Recycling Process Gives Old Plastics New Life
Using greener catalysts, Northwestern researchers break down and rebuild polyurethane to make new foam
Novel Recycling Process Gives Old Plastics New Life: Polyurethane plastics are...
Recycling Plastic into Art
Recycling Plastic into Art: Diplomats from 175 countries gathering in Paris for plastics treaty talks on Monday may want to pack an umbrella, but...
Global teams Innovate to Keep Plastic Out of the Environment
Global teams Innovate to Keep Plastic Out of the Environment: The 2023 Circular Plastics Case Competition challenged participants to create innovative solutions to promote...
Breakthrough Research Allows Recycling of Mixed Plastics
Breakthrough Research Allows Recycling of Mixed Plastics: Plastics are everywhere in our daily lives, but not all plastics are created equal – far from...
Coffee Pods Recycled to Produce Filaments for 3D Printing
By José Tadeu Arantes | Agência FAPESP – Coffee Pods Recycled to Produce Filaments for 3D Printing: An article published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry &...
Fungi Makes Meal of Hard to Recycle Plastic
Fungi Makes Meal of Hard to Recycle Plastic: Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in...
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...
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...
Process Converts Polyethylene Bags, Plastics to Polymer
by University of California - Berkeley
Process Converts Polyethylene Bags, Plastics to Polymer: Polyethylene plastics—in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape—are notoriously hard...
