In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

An international group has conducted extensive evaluations of domestic and international suppliers in the same industry, ultimately selecting Niutech Environment Technology Corp.'s next-generation of ...

Conglomerate signs contract with Houston-based Lummus Technology to design and build a plant to handle 40,000 tons of plastic scrap annually via pyrolysis. MOL says the chemical recycling of plastics ...

In Akron, Ohio, situated amid industrial buildings and auto service centers, is a small oasis of polished steel and nonslip scaffolding. The proprietors of this new facility hope it’s the future of ...

Two years after walking away from a proposed pyrolysis plant to process plastic waste in Georgia, Brightmark LLC is once again looking to develop such a facility in that state. This time, the San ...

The company tried educational chatbots and cryptocurrency. Then nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, of movies and cars. Even a service to Catholic churches allowing them to manage their finances using ...

Alterra Energy has pulled out of a proposed plastics recycling plant in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, citing problems securing a lease for the facility. But the project has faced fierce opposition from ...

A California-based pyrolysis company is getting millions in incentives from the state of West Virginia as part of plans to build a new facility in that state. Clean Vision Corp. has signed a ...

Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...