A research team at Ewha Womans University has demonstrated an alkaline thermal treatment process that transforms mixed ...

How can electronic waste, also known as e-waste, be recycled without resulting in negative environmental impacts that are often produced with traditional e-waste recycling methods? This is what a ...

A pair of robust and inexpensive catalysts can help recycle mixtures of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most common and intractable types of plastic waste (Science 2024, DOI: ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

Every business, organisation and household generates waste. As populations grow and industries expand, the amount of waste produced continues to increase, making effective waste management more ...

The survey indicates most respondents believe single-use plastics are important to the quality of life. According to the survey, two-thirds of respondents believe single-use plastics are important to ...

A primary objective of waste management today is to protect the public and the environment from potentially harmful effects of waste. Some waste materials are normally safe but can become hazardous if ...

Billions of tires are discarded globally every year, and this is identified as one of the major causes of serious environmental pollution. A research team at KAIST Department of Chemistry has ...