However, using Shockwave’s eggshell separation technology, calcium carbonate can be obtained without mining, and can reduce ...

By processing 22,680 metric tons of plastic waste per year, this facility alone was found to discharge anywhere from 59 to 1,184 metric tons of microplastics annually.

Residents in Rohnert Park sounded off Wednesday night on a new recycling facility in town. The plant, which melts plastic into oil, could be up and running in a matter of weeks, and some neighbors are ...

That process is called mechanical recycling, in which recycling is sorted to separate the plastic. Then, the plastic is chopped, melted in an extruder, and shaped in an injection molder.

This Collection welcomes original research that explores diverse methodologies in plastic waste management, including catalytic upcycling, thermoplastic processing, and additive manufacturing.

From your toothbrush to your bloodstream: how everyday plastics break down into fragments small enough to cross into your ...

With a new process, ENGEL makes it possible to process plastic waste as flakes in injection molding directly after grinding. Since a complete process step, pelletizing, is eliminated, the ...

Global efforts to curb plastic pollution falter as negotiations in Geneva fail to reach a consensus. What went wrong?

'Flexible plastic' items like potato chip bags are often thrown away, but can be recycled back into food-grade films using an award-winning COtooCLEAN process. So-called flexible plastics aren’t ...

Now, German company Kist + Escherich has developed an innovative new process, HyJoin, that can join plastic parts to metals ...

This Collection welcomes original research that explores diverse methodologies in plastic waste management, including catalytic upcycling, thermoplastic processing, and additive manufacturing.