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 ...
This article originally appeared on 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 first ...
Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...
Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...
Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...
A University of Texas at Arlington scientist’s research could have an impact on one of the world’s most pressing problems: plastic waste. Plastic waste has become a major environmental concern. From ...
An analyst with the Boston-based research firm says tonnage outputs at installed plastic pyrolysis systems largely are disappointing. The senior analyst of Lux Research says his own company’s forecast ...
The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. JINAN, China, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Niutech, a global leader in continuous pyrolysis technology, ...
Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...