It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is exploiting that property to recycle at least two major ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Biomass: According to an American Chemical Society Journal article, recycling plastic can effectively address plastic waste ...

Researchers have discovered that carbon black in black plastic enables efficient recycling when exposed to focused light. The ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

"SCS and Plarebel sign reciprocal membership agreement" was originally created and published by Packaging Gateway, a GlobalData owned brand. The Fed chair will answer questions after the central ...

In 2023, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 543, which bans many uses of polystyrene foam (commonly known by its brand name, Styrofoam) in ...

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is ...

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to realise the circular economy for styrenic polymers, today announced a reciprocal membership agreement with Plarebel, a Belgian ...

The polystyrene in #6 plastic items can be found in many household products, such as drinking cups. Once the polystyrene is ...

Seda International has revealed its fibre-based EcoFit Lid for hot and cold beverages, set to save CO2, water, and 400 tons ...

Many items people throw in their blue recycling bin can't actually be accepted at the city's recycling facility. So what’s ...