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. Plastic is ...

The setup includes at least eight stages, including a separating system, a cooling area, and a continuous pyrolysis line. Its ...

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 ...

A joint research team led by Dr. Sang-Goo Jeon from the Bioenergy and Resources Upcycling Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) and Dr. Jung-Oh Ahn from the BioProcess ...

In this process, VVF power cables are placed in a glass reactor and subjected to microwave radiation. The pyrolysis carbonizes the PVC insulation, exposing the copper wire for easy recovery while ...

After nearly three years of consideration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is standing pat on regulation of pyrolysis operations and will continue to view them as incineration. The move buys ...

PROVIDENCE – Three years ago, after state regulators rejected a proposal in West Warwick to build a medical waste-to-energy plant, Gov. Dan McKee went a step further and signed a statewide ban on ...

Researchers report using catalytic pyrolysis to turn plastic wastes into a valuable fuel source. They focused on recycling plastic and upgrading plastic into other products or converting it to a vapor ...

A proposal to build a waste-to-energy plant has been submitted to Cairns Regional Council with up to almost a thousand tonnes ...