Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Houston resident's clever detective work exposed a concerning truth about the city's plastic recycling program, revealing that ...
They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Virginia Tech study shows how PVC waste can be transformed into high-performance synthetic oil for lubricants. (CREDIT: ...
Researchers have discovered a way to turn notoriously difficult-to-recycle PVC plastic into a key ingredient used in high-performance lubricants such as engine oil. The technique could give mountains ...
Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, food packaging and transport. But it’s also created one of the defining ...
A plastic pipe, an old credit card or a worn-out toy may seem destined for a landfill. New research from Virginia Tech suggests some of that stubborn waste could instead become engine oil. Chemist and ...