As a result, plastics must be carefully sorted into relatively pure streams, which pushes up recycling costs and reduces efficiency. Mechanical recycling — the dominant method worldwide — involves ...
The process tackles two issues, the scientists said — an abundance of plastic waste and an increasing need for jet fuel.
Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year despite Trump rollbacks ...
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Nigeria: Still On the Menace of Plastic

It's time to check the production of plastic materials. At the end of the 18th meeting of the National Council on Environment (NCE) in Katsina State last week, it was agreed that ...
As 2025 draws to a close, environmental advocates across the U.S. find themselves weighing a year marked by both setbacks and ...
As stricter fuel regulations and pressures intensify for a solution to the rising greenhouse gas emissions, the maritime ...
Lower impact: Buying secondhand jeans can cut carbon costs by 90 per cent, while cold-washing and and line-drying may reduce ...
If your house went up in the 1980s, the most expensive thing hiding behind the drywall may not be knob‑and‑tube wiring or ...
From reworking electrolytes to adding heating elements, researchers are trying it all for better cold-weather batteries ...
Robots need to move, right? That’s where actuators and motors come in. Think of them as the muscles and joints of a robot.
Many polymers—including plastics used to manufacture the plethora of products used only once and thrown away—don’t degrade easily and consequently pack our landfills and pollute our waterways. The ...
Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...