I want to get the latest chemistry news from C&EN in my inbox every week ... An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic ...

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You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Tamra Judge gave fans a look at her major facial swelling after undergoing plastic surgery and a carbon-dioxide laser treatment to reverse the effects of aging. The “Real Housewives of Orange ...

The catalytic process efficiently breaks down polymers into chemical precursors, advancing the development of a circular ...

In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated when troops are sent to ...

the I.S.C.C. audited and certified Eastman’s Tennessee plant. But while the publicly available reports state that the plant received inputs of mixed waste plastic and produced outputs of various ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream ... make propylene (C 3 H 6) molecules until the polymer disappeared.

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

The UN environment chief said Sunday she was beginning to see convergence on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution despite differences on production caps and a tax-like plastic ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.