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 ...

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 ...

[naturejab] shows off his solar powered pyrolysis machine which can convert scrap plastic into fuel. According to the video, this is the world’s most complex hand-made pyrolysis reactor ever made. We ...

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 ...

An analyst with the Boston-based research firm says tonnage outputs at installed plastic pyrolysis systems largely are disappointing. The senior analyst of Lux Research says his own company’s forecast ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link America has long had a plastic problem. It's an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of plastic waste we produce annually? One ...

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential.

Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...