Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver. Big brands like Procter & Gamble and ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

IRONTON — Operating since June 2023, PureCycle Technologies in Ironton is the only facility in the world that can turn post-consumer polypropylene back into Ultra-Pure Recycled resin with virgin-like ...

Research at West Virginia University is exploring whether microwave technology can recover high yields of propylene from polypropylene plastic scrap. Research by Yuxin Wang (pictured) at West Virginia ...

As we all strive to live more sustainably, hidden plastics are a big concern. Many traditional tea bags contain polypropylene, a sealing plastic, which means they can't be recycled. However, an ...

Why it matters: All that packaging we've treated as disposable may finally be reborn. Researchers have cracked the code for turning plastic back into the building blocks to make new plastics. It could ...

Landbell Group is a leading provider of environmental and chemical compliance solutions with local expertise and global presence. Established as a producer responsibility organisation (PRO) for ...

The Seattle-based coffee company announced this week that about 580 of its stores had begun replacing its cold drinks cups — typically made out of polypropylene, a type of rigid plastic — with paper ...

This story was originally published on Waste Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Waste Dive newsletter. WM has added both PP plastic cups and paper to-go cups to its ...