Nature often demonstrates extraordinary ingenuity in material design, where structure dictates function. Examples include the ...

In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

Researchers have created a recyclable, bio-based alternative to thermoset plastics using dihydrofuran (DHF). Cornell ...

Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits.

the parts of the material not hit by light are completely chemically recyclable. DHF thermosets show comparable properties to commercial thermosets, including high-density polyurethane (used in ...

See a few examples of paper product innovations from Amazon, Krones, and Sainsbury from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

The Environmental Protection Agency, for example, says recycling rates for PS packaging ... a joint venture of several plastics companies. "We ultimately want to see the recycling rate get much ...

Plastic recycling remains a serious problem ... insufficient to ensure smooth and efficient waste management. For example, for a long time, the EU's plastic packaging waste system was governed ...

These additives, designed to make plastics more durable, flexible and transparent, often combined during the recycling process, further degrading the quality of the material. A common example is ...

In this case, it means the clean, dry plastic film bag insert for the cereal can be recycled with plastic films ... Aluminum cans, for example, take 95% of their energy and resource use from ...