A research team led by Professor Kotohiro Nomura from Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a method for the depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) using alcohols and an ...

Substantial efforts are being made to advance recycling technologies, transforming discarded plastics into raw materials that can be reused. Chemical recycling emerges as a major frontier in this ...

Dow successor company says its plant in Italy can provide a home for previously hard to recycle acrylic sheet material. Left to right: Valentina Giro from the Rho, Italy, municipality; Vinicio Peluffo ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a specialty material solutions provider, announced today the opening of its polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization facility in Rho, Italy, on ...

-Process enables the efficient recycling of PMMA-based materials -Scheduled to be commissioned Q1 2024 in Rho, Italy -Supports continued transformation of the company’s portfolio to focus on ...

Trinseo, headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has inaugurated its Rho, Italy-based demonstration plant that depolymerizes polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). The company, a specialty material solutions ...

"This work presents the fastest depolymerization ... to date under relatively mild conditions." Scientists achieve breakthrough after microwaving ultra-tough fabric — here's how it could reshape the ...

Lake County Board members went back and forth Tuesday over language in the Solid Waste Management Plan Update on a technology taking the recycling world by storm, “depolymerization,” a type of plastic ...

Researchers from Shinshu University developed a two-step recycling process for depolymerizing the cyclic styrene-based vinyl polymers and recovering the monomers via single-step chemical modification ...