Lego is forgoing one of its oil-free recycled plastic block prototypes after testing showed the material didn't cut down on carbon emissions. However, the toymaker isn't ditching the effort to make ...

The core material that makes up the ECOCCUBE system is 100% recycled waste plastic. The company uses a proprietary process ...

A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...

Fresh research is showing how plastic waste could be recycled to make life-saving medication. The study examined a method of using chemicals to break down polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. PET is ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...