Researchers develop a one-pot, low temperature catalytic method to turn polyethylene polymers into alkylaromatic molecules. When we started using plastics about 70 years ago, not much thought -- if ...

New Technology Could Transform Recycling Of Polyethylene And Polypropylen. By Alimat Aliyeva Scientists at the University of Buffalo (USA) have developed an innovative method for recycling flexible ...

MIT engineers have found a new use for a common plastic, spinning polyethylene into fabric that can passively cool the wearer by allowing heat through and moisture to evaporate. The discovery could ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

An international team of experts undertaking fundamental research has developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has imposed an import ban on ethylene polymer plastic waste as environmental groups sound the alarm on the world’s plastic consumption and lack of effective recycling. In an ...

Around one-third of all plastics produced contain polyethylene, a lightweight, durable thermoplastic with a global value of $200 billion per year. Such plastics are cheap and easy to produce.

Plastics normally bound for the landfill are getting a new life from California startup Novoloop. The company upcycles polyethylene, a plastic that’s widely used but rarely recycled. With $11 million ...

Upcycling polyethylene (the normal ubiquitous plastic we are all familiar with) into high-value plastics that can compete with “virgin” plastic (meaning plastics made directly from petro-chemicals) is ...

Experts have developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis. PE is the most widely used plastic in the world ...