Their end result was a group of HPDE samples which contained anywhere from 0 to 100% simulated recycled content. When those samples were exposed to 365-nanometer ultraviolet light, the BBS ...

Enzymatic recycling has gained traction in recent years as a greener alternative to traditional plastic recycling techniques, ...

The plastic pollution crisis has reached global levels, threatening both planetary and human health, and recycling is proposed as one of the solutions to the plastics pollution crisis. However, as ...

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Leipzig shows that recycled polyethylene plastic can leach ...

Only about six percent of the plastic—everything from plastic bottles to IV drips—produced in the U.S. in 2021 was recycled, according to a Greenpeace report.

However, it’s unclear how much, if any, recycled plastic material was in Tritan Renew from 2019 to earlier this year, when the new Tennessee recycling plant was first up and running.

“We’re still at effectively a 5 percent plastic recycling rate across the country,” he said, referring to numbers from 2019 and 2021. “And that recycling rate, ...