Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To remedy this problem (or take advantage of this situation, depending on your ...

Two chemists in lab coats, gloves, and safety glasses work in a fume hood. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen work on a way to recycle polyethylene terephthalate to create a carbon capture ...

(CN) — Call it killing two environmental birds with one stone: Researchers in Denmark say they have developed a method to convert plastic garbage into materials that can be used for carbon capture, ...

Recycled polyester has been promoted as fashion’s environmental redemption arc. Turning plastic bottles into clothing ...

Scientists have announced a recycling breakthrough that can turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel with the help of sunlight. Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for ...

Scientists invent process that converts plastic bottles into paracetamol, which is a common drugstore painkiller used in ...

You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle into the recycling bin. Will the material from the container really be used to make something new? The answer to that question is unclear.