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 ...
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 ...
A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...
Using a catalyst based on ruthenium (gold ball, center), UC Berkeley chemists were able to add specific chemical groups—in this case, OH (red) - to polyethylene polymer chains, creating an oxidized ...
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7gnmtt/lyondellbasells) has announced the addition of the "LyondellBasell's ...
Thermoset plastic recycling method. Thermoset plastic scrap deemed to be unrecyclable could be a new frontier in the circular economy in light of a new, continuous process patented by a Hong Kong ...
While millions of tons of plastic are produced in the US each year, only around 9 percent is recycled, and that is largely due to the difficulties around reducing the material to useful building ...
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP), Indonesia’s largest petrochemical producer, has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Process for its new 400KTA polyethylene ...
Polyethylene plastics -- single-use bags and general-purpose bottles -- are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer - ...
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