Plastic generally must be sorted before recycling, which is time-consuming, difficult, and costly. The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made ...

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As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling to reduction. Bales of sorted plastic for recycling are seen in a warehouse ...

Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team has ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

Managing waste is one of the most critical issues facing modern societies. Every year, vast amounts of waste are produced, ...

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