Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

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Researchers from UC Berkeley have devised a clever trick for recycling difficult-to-recycle plastics that would otherwise be destined for landfills and poisoning the earth. The process is called ...

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What Should the Industry Prepare For?~For this final installment, I will keep the numbers to a minimum.Counting from the Prologue, this is the 12th installment. Thank you for staying with me this far.

Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver. Big brands like Procter & Gamble and ...