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 ...

This approach is far more carbon- and energy-efficient than conventional methods, according to the researchers.

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is promoting the use of pyrolysis technology as a sustainable solution for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vapour drifting off an industrial site burning plastic for fuel set off alarm bells at the local council - yet no one ...

Researchers have developed a process that may help advance plastic waste recycling. A team of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh have optimized a low-cost process called pyrolysis to ...

A plastics-processing facility in North Carolina that had been promoted as a possible answer to the growing plastic waste ...

Pyrolysis encompasses a suite of thermochemical processes that decompose long‐chain polymeric structures of waste plastics into smaller hydrocarbons, gaseous by-products and solid residues. Conducted ...

Environmental advocates are warning an Environment Court decision allowing a plastic pyrolysis facility in Whangārei to operate without an air discharge consent could have significant consequences for ...

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. Plastic is inexpensive ...