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31. Water As A Waste Management Source: SEOULTECH Researchers Revolutionize Catalytic Plastic Recycling 1/21/2025

    Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental threat posed by increased plastic consumption and disposal, contributing to its pollution, is also bigger than ever.

32. Polymer Editing Can Upcycle Waste Into Higher-Performance Plastics 1/17/2025

    By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material.

33. From Microplastics To Macro-Impact: KTU Expert Explains Plastic Recycling Challenges 1/13/2025

    “Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere – in water, food, fish, and even breast milk,” says Artūras Torkelis, a PhD student at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). He emphasises that proper waste management is essential for reducing these risks.

34. Reduce, Reuse, Irradiate: IAEA Supports Partnerships In Asia And The Pacific To Recycle Plastic Waste 1/9/2025

    As accumulating plastic waste continues to threaten human health and life under water, experts and decision-makers in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have sought innovative, upstream solutions to reduce plastic waste and are now benefitting from IAEA support through the NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics) initiative.

35. Refinity, Innventure's Newest Company, Acquires Exclusive Rights To Novel Technology For Advanced Recycling Of Mixed Plastic Waste From VTT Technical Research Centre Of Finland 1/8/2025

    Refinity, the newest company launched by Innventure, Inc. (NASDAQ: INV), announced today the global licensing of rights from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for its proprietary fluidized bed advanced plastic waste conversion technology.

36. LSU Researchers Create Low-Cost Method To Recycle Plastic 1/6/2025

    LSU researchers have created a new, low-cost way to break down plastic, a potential that could save billions of dollars and eliminate billions of tons of plastic pollution.

37. Italian Startup 3dnextech Enhances 3D Printing And Reshapes Plastics Manufacturing At CES 2025 1/3/2025

    3dnextech is leveraging its unique technology to reshape the plastics manufacturing process. By enabling the production of high-performance and functional plastic components using 3D printing, the company offers a more efficient and sustainable production model, including the potential for digitalized logistics.

38. Optimising The Processing Of Plastic Waste 12/19/2024

    Just one look in the yellow bin reveals a colourful jumble of different types of plastic. However, the purer and more uniform plastic waste is, the easier it is to recycle.

39. BASF And Research Partners Collaborate To Optimize Mechanical Recycling Of Plastics 12/19/2024

    BASF has teamed up with Endress+Hauser and TechnoCompound as well as the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena to study how the mechanical recycling of plastics can be improved.

40. INEOS Styrolution Announces First Yoghurt Cup In Supermarket Containing Mechanical Recycling Of Polystyrene At Food Contact Quality 12/19/2024

    INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced today the successful completion of a first project with mechanically recycled polystyrene in a yoghurt cup.