Enzymatic recycling has gained traction in recent years as a greener alternative to traditional plastic recycling techniques, ...

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

Hydraulic press vs. plastic blocks. Posted: May 18, 2025 | Last updated: May 18, 2025. Watch as a powerful hydraulic press takes on colorful plastic blocks.

Although the practice of making solid blocks of soil for growing seeds isn’t new (it may go back over 2000 years), soil blocking has gained popularity in the last few years.It’s not a ...

Plastic is made from petroleum, and petroleum burns fast and hot. A retired Maryland state fire marshal told Newsweek that, from a fire perspective, a typical couch is akin to a block of gasoline.

SAITAMA, Japan — In a world drowning in plastic waste, scientists have achieved what once seemed impossible: they’ve created a plastic that’s as strong as conventional materials but dissolves ...

PET plastics, which are often used in water bottles, account for 12 percent of global solid waste, the researchers said. It also accounts for up to 50 percent of the microplastics found in wastewater.

New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics The catalytic process efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing closer a circular ...

Many have tried and failed to efficiently recycle these plastic polymers back into their monomer building blocks. But Hartwig's team has now managed it using cheap, solid catalysts that can run ...

Government and industry are scrambling to stem the growing amount of plastic waste that ends up as trash and pollution. Scientists estimate about 8 million metric tons enter the world’s oceans each ...

In fact, the scientists were able to integrate the spores into non-biodegradable plastics such as polyethylene, then revive the spores back to a lipase-BC-secreting state by grinding up the plastic.

The worldwide total volume of plastic has reached 8.3 billion metric tonnes. Over 8 million metric tonnes of plastic enters the sea every year. Most of this waste arrives by way of just 10 major ...