I was visiting an automotive molder last week when our conversation turned to electrification. Big automakers are betting a lot of money on electric vehicles. They're developing new models, better ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are developing a process to remove pollutants from plastic production with selective combustion, according to a press release from the University’s College ...

A hundred metric tons of innovative fuel pellets derived entirely from biogenic and plastic waste material—which would otherwise be bound for a landfill—have been successfully produced, marking a ...

The truth about plastic placed in recycling bins is that most ends up in landfills. Converting the energy stored in plastic into electricity via waste-to-energy power plants offers a beneficial option ...

Plastics are useful, cheap and extremely popular. Global demand has quadrupled in the last forty years and is expected to continue to rise, with correspondingly negative consequences for the ...

A research team led by Dr. Chong-Pyo Cho from the Energy Convergence System Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (President: Yi Chang-Keun, hereinafter referred to as KIER) ...

Plastic pollution is virtually everywhere on earth, and the public is increasingly concerned about the buildup of plastic litter in neighborhoods, parks, and beaches as well as enormous garbage ...

Waste plastic oil derived from the thermal degradation of discarded polymers presents an emerging alternative to conventional diesel fuel. Through controlled pyrolysis, mixed or single‐type plastic ...