Waste conversion. A process that converts end-of-life plastics into carbon nanotubes is the subject of a patent application from Trimtabs Ltd. of Swansea, Wales. The patent application points out ...

Attempts in the past have tried adding plastic scrap to traditional building products, but shredding the material and dumping it into concrete or asphalt does not work in most applications because ...

Most of us have by now realized that conventional plastic recycling is more fantasy than reality. Despite our best attempts at separating out product packaging in the ...

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 ...

The last two decades have seen substantial improvements in ultrasonic plastic-welding machines. Bench-top models feature proportional-valve controls, linear encoders, line-voltage regulation, internal ...

The transformation continues for Batesville, Ind.-based Hillenbrand Inc., which acquired industrial equipment maker Schenck Process Group's Food and Performance Materials (FPM) business for $730 ...