Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

A radical new process "vaporizes" plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. The innovative chemical procedure turns the ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon "building blocks" for ...

Natural spring water brand Evian, France, has announced that it will make all of its plastic bottles from 100 percent recycled plastic by 2025. The company says this is a move that will see it adopt a ...