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Industry Dreams of Chemical Recycling

Industry Dreams of Chemical Recycling

The Big Idea CIRCULAR DEBATE — How do you know when something is a solution or a problem? Oil and chemical companies are investing in a technology to melt down plastic back into its chemical components, arguing that it can help address the country’s plastics...
Advanced Recycling: Plastic Crisis Solution or Distraction?

Advanced Recycling: Plastic Crisis Solution or Distraction?

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. “What we are trying to do is really create a circular economy for plastics because we...
Alterra Looks to Blow the Lid Off Plastics Recycling

Alterra Looks to Blow the Lid Off Plastics Recycling

The world has a plastic waste problem. That’s probably not news to you. Standard recycling programs can help, but a huge shortcoming with them is that so much plastic isn’t readily recyclable with their methods. That’s why you can only put certain types of plastic in...