In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

These stewardly brands, along with many others below, are working to collect and manufacture products from the mounting number of plastics already in our waterways, rather than make more ...

Using mechanical and chemical recycling, which recovers carbon from plastic waste and reuses it in new products, Sumitomo Chemical, based in Tokyo, Japan, is poised to expand its capacity to make ...

40 percent of product plastic waste from comes from ... to recognize plastic among trash and even making plastic magnetic for easier extraction. Advanced recycling breaks down plastic into its ...

How can we make plastics more sustainable? Among other things, by guaranteeing a long service life. That is why we are researching the degradation and service life of plastic products. With innovative ...

To reduce plastic waste, a plan is also being floated for making plastic products eligible for an existing recycling setup, which now only covers plastic containers and packaging. Takada pointed ...

After the war, many people didn't trust plastic products, convinced from their experiences with cheap wartimes materials that they'd break, chip, melt or smell. But Earl Tupper and Brownie Wise ...

First, plastic is a petroleum product. The extraction and transport of fossil fuels used to make plastic products produces emissions that impact our air quality," she explained. "Then there’s ...