Most colleges and universities generate hazardous waste and therefore are regulated as hazardous waste generators. Chemical use in laboratories results in the need for disposal of mixed solvents, ...

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New research aims to ease the process of chemical recycling -- an emerging industry that could turn waste products back into natural resources by physically breaking plastic down into the smaller ...

Diplomats negotiating guidelines for an international convention on hazardous wastes this month in Switzerland debated a new section on the “chemical recycling” of plastic debris fouling the global ...

The newest flashpoint in a political battle between environmental groups and the plastics industry over “chemical” or “advanced” recycling has to do with the kinds of claims that can be made and still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alterra's liquefaction plant in Akron, Ohio, uses pyrolysis as its chemical recycling process to manufacture new plastics. The ...

Chemical recycling plants, touted by plastic industry advocates as a possible solution for the growing plastic waste crisis, are mostly burning plastic waste and spewing toxic fumes, according to a ...

The plastics industry claims that ‘chemical recycling’ or ‘advanced recycling’ technologies, which use heat or solvents to convert waste plastic into chemical feedstocks that can potentially be ...