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 ...

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 ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

Building products company says it consumed nearly 170,000 tons of plastic scrap last year. Trex both consumed and helped collect polyethylene film scrap in 2022, saying it consumed some 170,000 tons ...

As governments move to ban plastic grocery bags, how much of an impact do they have on the world around us? The answer is both surprising and substantial.

Environmental activists in Georgia say the country's land, water, and atmosphere is contaminated with plastic bags. A plastic bag ban was introduced in 2019, but the activists say the legislation was ...

The Armenian government proposes to ban the sale or existence of polyethylene bags and sacks, as well as single-use containers and tableware made of plastic or styrofoam as of January 1, 2027.

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 - ...