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 ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

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The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, has released a comprehensive report that models the potential of pyrolysis technologies as a complement to mechanical recycling for recycling ...

Reversing its own Trump-era proposal, the Environmental Protection Agency has spurned a lobbying effort by the chemical industry to relax clean-air regulations on two types of chemical or “advanced” ...

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 ...

America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled.

At present, the plant has been successfully put into operation and running continuously and efficiently for several months, with all indicators of the pyrolysis products meeting expectations. The ...

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...