Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or “chemical” recycling through pyrolysis.

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into clean hydrogen ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have built a solar-powered reactor that converts waste plastic into hydrogen fuel ...

The latest iteration of India’s plastic waste management rules, announced on March 31, indicates that the government has reached a limit in its efforts to curb plastic waste collection and recycling ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

Global demand for recycled materials is driving new supply-chain opportunities. Global brands are moving toward a more ...

India retains plastic waste recycling targets but introduces flexible compliance measures and tradable certificates for ...

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