Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic are produced globally every year. New research shows how that waste can be turned ...

Nobody likes to see plastic bottles overflowing in bins and rattling around the streets. These single-use receptacles are a prime target in tackling the plastic crisis, but what if we’ve been ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the ...

Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team has ...

Sorting plants in recycling usually do not recognize black plastic, which is why it is sorted out instead of being recycled. A new process is to change this.