Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

The Korea Institute of Energy Research (hereinafter KIER) announced on the 28th that Dr. Hwang Byung-wook's research team from the CCS Research Group has successfully developed a process that applies ...

PROVIDENCE — State Sen. Frank Lombardo III says using a high-heat process called pyrolysis to break down plastic garbage into oils, tar and gases that can be burned or repurposed into other consumer ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

Dr. Byungwook Hwang’s research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

Clariant, Borealis, and SINTEF have completed a pilot-scale project to upgrade pyrolysis oil from plastic waste into ...

PROVIDENCE – Three years ago, after state regulators rejected a proposal in West Warwick to build a medical waste-to-energy plant, Gov. Dan McKee went a step further and signed a statewide ban on ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential.