Research published in the Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis has reviewed the potential for microwave assisted ...

An idea the EPA is floating—to stop classifying a plastics recycling technology as a type of incineration—would ease ...

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 ...

For two decades, the federal government has classified the heated chambers used to break down plastic waste as incinerators, ...

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 ...

During pyrolysis, the plastic polymers are broken down into smaller molecules, resulting in the production of liquid oil, fuel source gases such as methane, propane and butane, and char. Char is the ...

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

The EPA is reconsidering whether chemical plastic recycling facilities should be held to the same air pollution standards as ...