Waste plastics come in many forms. While some waste plastics are easily recyclable, others can pose significant challenges. "Polystyrene is one such problem material," says Christoph Wittmann, ...

Catalytic pyrolysis of polystyrene waste is an emerging thermochemical conversion designed to depolymerise polystyrene into valuable chemicals and fuels under reduced temperature or residence time ...

Researchers in China have developed a method to convert polystyrene plastic waste into valuable chemicals using solar energy and sulfur, tackling both pollution and resource recovery in a single ...

The Stache Lab at Cornell, led by Prof. Erin Stache, chemistry and chemical biology, has discovered an efficient way to decompose non-biodegradable plastic polystyrene — a material commonly used in ...