Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

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 ...

This story was originally published by 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 ...

EPA may exempt pyrolysis 'advanced recycling' from Clean Air Act rules. Advocates say it risks more toxic pollution.

PROVIDENCE — State Sen. Frank Lombardo III says using a high-heat process called pyrolysis to break down plastic garbage into oils, tar and gases that can be burned or repurposed into other consumer ...

The agency is moving toward resurrecting a proposal from the first Trump administration to ditch Clean Air Act regulations.

Buried in a proposal on natural disaster recovery is a bid to free pyrolysis plants from federal emission rules ...

CHIANG RAI - As Thailand deals with millions of tons of plastic waste each year, Pyrolysis is turning discarded plastic into diesel and other fuels, helping ...

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