As tons of plastic waste continue to build up in landfills every day, Yale researchers have developed a way to convert this waste into fuels and other valuable products efficiently and cheaply. The ...

Thanks to science, the materials currently causing pollution can be converted to create a more sustainable and cleaner future ...

[naturejab] shows off his solar powered pyrolysis machine which can convert scrap plastic into fuel. According to the video, this is the world’s most complex hand-made pyrolysis reactor ever made. We ...

That’s the idea behind Pop Mech ’s fascinating recent hit story: “ Scientists Believe They’ve Found a Groundbreaking New ...

Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems ...

The report says growth in U.S. plastic recycling could add more than 173,000 jobs and create $12.8 billion in annual payroll, ...

Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...

"For as long as I walk this earth, there will be no such thing as plastic waste, only untapped potential energy." This quote, stated by young inventor Julian Brown on his company's website, NatureJab, ...

CHARLESTON — A new plastic-to-fuel plant coming to the Upper Kanawha Valley promises jobs and innovation — but critics say the facility could do more harm than good. Clean-Seas West Virginia, a ...

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

In a world dominated by talk of solar panels, wind turbines, and nuclear reactors, some of the most fascinating breakthroughs in energy are happening in unexpected places. Scientists are experimenting ...