That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

Jesus Cuevas, a Petgas technician, collects shredded plastic caps into a bag at a recycling center in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2025. Credit: AP/Felix Marquez Global plastic ...

(AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Jesus Cuevas, a Petgas technician, collects shredded plastic caps into a bag at a recycling center in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez ...

Plastic waste scavenged from river channels and dump sites in Kenya. Tony Karuma / AFP via Getty Images The DOE’s chemical recycling initiatives are part of a long series of government attempts ...

Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction. Nepal's urban areas ...

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels.

Considering that only one-tenth of all plastic waste is recycled, new technologies that can help tackle this growing problem are urgently required. Catalytic recycling techniques, such as ...

POKHARA, Nepal – Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal’s Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction.

Nepal's urban areas generate about 5,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, according to the World Bank, of which 13 percent is plastic waste dumped in landfills. While high-value plastics, like ...