Under pressure from activists and state environmental authorities, Freepoint Eco-Systems has suspended operations at its new plastics pyrolysis plant in Hebron, Ohio. The Hebron p ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plastics processed through Louisville's recycling program were sent to a controversial "chemical recycling" plant in Ohio for two years.

An analyst with the Boston-based research firm says tonnage outputs at installed plastic pyrolysis systems largely are disappointing. The senior analyst of Lux Research says his own company’s forecast ...

Two years after walking away from a proposed pyrolysis plant to process plastic waste in Georgia, Brightmark LLC is once again looking to develop such a facility in that state. This time, the San ...

This work presents the experimental assessment of a 20 mL batch reactor’s efficacy in converting plastic and oil residues into biofuels. The reactor, designed for ease of use, is heated using a ...

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 ...