9 Innovations for Recycling and Replacing Plastics

We write about 5 innovative ways in which plastic is being recycled and up-cycled to create items of value.

Tip #1: That's right: Nearly every single plastic bottle – meaning a container with a neck smaller than its body – goes in the recycling bin.

9 Innovations for Recycling and Replacing Plastics - PassionIT News

9 Innovations for Recycling and Replacing Plastics ... Plastic waste is a huge problem that has literally overwhelmed the world in recent years. Can we live ...

Innovations Leading the Fight Against Plastic Pollution in 2024

Innovations in Plastic Recycling. Chemical Recycling. Enzyme-Based Recycling ; Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics. PLA and PHA Plastics.

Innovation is Key to Reducing Plastic Waste

America's Plastic Makers have set a goal to reuse, recycle or recover all plastic packaging in the US by 2040. Fresh innovation and new technologies are ...

The incredible new tech that can recycle all plastics, forever

The most mature of the advanced recycling technologies is called pyrolysis, which is the application of heat — upwards of 500°C — in the absence ...

Innovations in Plastic Recycling Methods - Green.org

Chemical recycling provides opportunities to recover plastic waste that is difficult to recycle through mechanical methods. It can convert a ...

Four innovative ideas helping to fix the plastic problem

Recycling is at the heart of the circular economy and is often seen as one of its biggest challenges: only 9 percent of plastic waste is ...

Recycling plastic in 5 creative and innovative ways - weTHINK.

L'Oréal, Nestle Waters, PepsiCO, and many more have already presented the first samples of enzymatically recycled plastic bottles. But how does ...

10 Innovative Technologies Combating Plastic Waste - LinkedIn

Smart recyling machines · Topolytics waste map · Diwama AI sorting process · Clearbot Neo · Plastic Lumber · Treated plastic ready for removal.

U.S. Department of Energy Strategy for Plastics Innovation Report

With a concerted and coordinated R&D effort, DOE's SPI aims to transform its approach to plastic waste and develop new classes of plastic that are recyclable ...

14 Groundbreaking Startups Using Recycled Material to Create ...

A big metric in the overlap of manufacturing and recycling is that, roughly, just 9% of plastics ever created have been recycled.

Advances in recycling and replacing plastics

One company looking to find more effective and environmentally friendly methods of recycling plastics is Green Lizard Technologies (GLT). The ...

Science & Tech Spotlight: Biorecycling of Plastics | U.S. GAO

As discussed in an earlier Spotlight, chemical recycling, another emerging technology, uses heat, chemical reactions, or both to recycle plastic ...

How a 'trash-to-treasure' mentality can change plastic waste

From reused fishing gear to PPE, innovative waste-to-product designs suggest that a fully circular plastic economy, where nothing is wasted, ...

Nine surprising plastic recycling facts

From fabrics used in clothing to insulation for use in construction, the possibilities are seemingly endless. Additionally, as recycled ...

Consumer Power in the Age of Plastics

The Myth of Recycling Plastic · The Power of the Consumer: Replacing 'Recycle' With Reduce and Reuse · Strength in Numbers: Communities as a ...

Revolutionary Recycling Process Transforms Plastic Waste

Despite millions of Americans depositing their plastic waste into recycling bins, much of that waste, including flexible films, ...

Top 10 innovations fighting plastic waste - Springwise

Sign in to view · 3D-printed public furniture is fully recyclable · Beach plastic repurposed into sleek kitchenware · Biomaterial created in the fight against ...

Initiative for Plastics Recycling Research and Innovation

The Initiative on Plastic Recycling Research and Innovation is a multidisciplinary initiative addressing a range of contemporary issues related to plastics ...