BOCA DEL RIO – A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% of the world ...

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Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems ...

Waste Energy Corp. is opening a facility in Fayetteville that will use pyrolysis to convert plastic waste into fuel. The company chose Fayetteville for its strategic location and access to ...

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A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...

Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...

Plastic waste is everywhere. Each year, around 400 million metric tons of it end up in landfills and places like oceans, rivers and shorelines. The trash breaks down into tiny pieces called ...

Yale researchers unveiled a 3D-printed carbon column reactor that can convert 66% of polyethylene plastic into fuel chemicals without costly catalysts. The breakthrough addresses major efficiency and ...

As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are increasingly turning to burning municipal waste to make fuel as a solution to ...