Lightweight and shatterproof, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic is recyclable, although most items made from it don't get recycled. This is because reclaimed PET (rPET) just isn't as good as ...

Professor Kotohiro Nomura's research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed an efficient method for the exclusive depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PET bottles and ...

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BP has developed what it describes as an “enhanced recycling technology,” BP Infinia, that enables currently unrecyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to be transformed back into new, ...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The promise of endlessly recycled PET plastic is one step closer today, as the Consortium – Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & ...

SHUNDE, GUANGDONG, CHINA, December 31, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — Foshan AoChuanShun New Material Industrial Co., Ltd. (ACS) has announced the alignment of its latest product technical specifications ...

This may be hard to swallow, but the drinking bottle that you are dutifully carrying around with you all day to stay properly hydrated may be delivering more than water into your body. The most ...

Scientists are thumbing their noses at responsible parents everywhere by putting cheap plastic in the microwave. Single-use polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic is being “reduced to flakes” before ...

Plastics can take hundreds of years to naturally degrade in the environment, something this new combination of enzymes can accomplish in a matter of days. Photo by Fachrul Reza/NurPhoto via Getty ...

A recycler drags a huge bag of paper sorted for recycling through a heap of plastic material at Richmond sanitary landfill site in Zimbabwe. A team of Chinese scientists has converted a common type of ...

Scientists invent process that converts plastic bottles into paracetamol, which is a common drugstore painkiller used in ...