CHIANG RAI - As Thailand deals with millions of tons of plastic waste each year, Pyrolysis is turning discarded plastic into diesel and other fuels, helping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...

Clariant, Borealis, and SINTEF have completed a pilot-scale project to upgrade pyrolysis oil from plastic waste into ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential.

Recovering feedstocks from hard-to-recycle plastic is potentially important in a more circular plastic economy ...

The role of temperature in maximizing olefin yield and minimizing catalyst fouling during plastic waste pyrolysis is ...

During pyrolysis, the plastic polymers are broken down into smaller molecules, resulting in the production of liquid oil, fuel source gases such as methane, propane and butane, and char. Char is the ...

Plastoline, a fuel made from everyday plastic waste, powers a Rolls-Royce for the first time, showing a new path for clean, ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...