One possible solution that’s emerged in recent years is advanced recycling. Advanced recycling, also called chemical ...

Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

Mixed-plastic electronics waste could be a valuable source of reusable polymers, a new study led by Illinois Sustainability Technology Center scientists suggests. The team has developed the first ...

If e-waste disposal had a late-night infomercial, it might go something like this: Congratulations! You bought an iPhone 6S! Now you can spend hours Instagraming and making Siri talk dirty to you. BUT ...

After years of stakeholder conversations, the new voluntary certification standard aims to “build trust” in a polarizing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – or e-waste. That’s enough to fill more than 1.5 million ...

Before and after: DEECOM recycling process. U.K.-based Longworth originally developed its pressurized steam-based DEECOM process for cleaning polymers from metal. Now, the process has been shown to ...

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With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

Questions remain about cleanup at the North Carolina site, which had been hailed as a solution for dealing with plastic waste ...