Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

Mixed-plastic electronics waste could be a valuable source of reusable polymers, a new study led by Illinois Sustainability Technology Center scientists suggests. The team has developed the first ...

One possible solution that’s emerged in recent years is advanced recycling. Advanced recycling, also called chemical ...

Before and after: DEECOM recycling process. U.K.-based Longworth originally developed its pressurized steam-based DEECOM process for cleaning polymers from metal. Now, the process has been shown to ...

If e-waste disposal had a late-night infomercial, it might go something like this: Congratulations! You bought an iPhone 6S! Now you can spend hours Instagraming and making Siri talk dirty to you. BUT ...

The sorting technology provider says methods exist to harvest more metal and plastic at recycling and materials treatment facilities.

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

After plummeting from 2022 to 2024, the amount of waste generated by New Zealanders held steady in 2025, though significantly ...

Questions remain about cleanup at the North Carolina site, which had been hailed as a solution for dealing with plastic waste ...