Researchers at the University of Cambridge have built a solar-powered reactor that converts waste plastic into hydrogen fuel by first breaking down the plastic with sulfuric acid recovered from spent ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have proposed a roadmap to solve the crises ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have developed a method that will allow plastic waste to be used in chemical reactions that make toxic compounds safer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Wu demonstrates a way to tackle plastic pollution while simultaneously producing valuable chemicals. (CREDIT: University of ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Chemical Recycling Market - Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry ...

It was an "almost accidental" discovery, the photocatalyst they invented turned out to be robust enough to withstand the ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste—more than 400 million metric tons a year. To bring this fact a bit closer to home, the U.S. produced an average of 0.75 pounds of plastic waste per person each ...

A new way to make an important ingredient for plastics, adhesives, carpet fibers, household cleaners and more from natural gas could reduce manufacturing costs in a post-petroleum economy by millions ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.