Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Sugar extracted from corn, sugar beet, and straw is the raw material for future plastic production. Danish company Topsoe is developing a new technology that will reduce the carbon footprint of ...

Plastic is everywhere. From water bottles and food containers to household items and packaging, modern life depends heavily ...

In plants, natural photosynthesis binds carbon dioxide (CO 2­) to organic compounds, which can then be converted into glucose or starch. These useful molecules can be sequestered, storing the carbon ...

Attempts in the past have tried adding plastic scrap to traditional building products, but shredding the material and dumping it into concrete or asphalt does not work in most applications because ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...