Nearly half of the world’s clothing is made of polyester and Greenpeace forecasts this amount to nearly double by 2030. The athleisure...

A team of Swedish scientists have found a new way to break down plastic so that it can be recycled into material the same quality as the...

Although it is a common assumption that textiles made from natural materials such as cotton and silk are more environmentally friendly...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the...

PET thermoforms bring special baggage to the recycling process: Optical sorters often fail to differentiate them from bottles, and...

The thermoforming process is really a very simple one. Thermoforming is the process of heating a material to its forming temperature and...

There is absolutely no other action available today that can have this type of simultaneous positive impact so many things critical to...

Recycling is a way to take trash and turn it into new products. There are a number of different recycling processes that allow materials...

Also read https://www.naraloca.com/post/what-really-happen-to-plastic-you-throw-away Plastic is one of the most widely used and cheapest...

Plastic is one of the world’s most-used materials. Technically sophisticated, lightweight and cheap, plastics suit a broad spectrum of...

The Earth Day Network has announced that this year's Earth Day, on Sunday, April 22, will focus on ending plastic pollution by Earth Day...

One option of handling plastic waste is sending it to landfill. Here, it’s important to distinguish between the quality/effectiveness of...

The thermoforming process is really a very simple one. Thermoforming is the process of heating a material to its forming temperature and...

Let’s briefly explore the history of beverage bottles to gain insights into plastic bottle recycling. The first polyethylene...

The production of so-called ‘bioplastics’ or biodegradable plastics is currently very low: estimated at around 4 million tonnes per year...

Unfortunately, yes. Some plastics intended for recycling end up in landfill. We have read that recycling is the best way to handle...

There are three key options for handling plastic waste: recycling, incineration or disposal in landfill. What should we choose? What...