Research

This article originally appeared in the August 2019 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   Since...

TPO bumper covers can be processed into a high-quality recycled pellet that's cheaper than virgin plastic, but challenges remain in...

European Union grant money will fund a rare earth metals recycling project in the U.K. The planned pilot facility will...

Industry-wide challenges are causing recycling-related skepticism among the public. But that's not leading consumers to stop recycling, according to a...

For years, packaging producers have been marketing recyclable multi-layer flexible packages. Now, they're finding success using recycled plastic in their...

A $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support research into better separation of metals in consumer electronics....

Three different chemistry-based processes for recovering plastics have recently grabbed attention, illustrating the wide range of stakeholders working to find...

An e-scrap firm using microbes to recover metals from electronic scrap has launched a processing facility to demonstrate its technology....

This article has been corrected. A number of recycling companies and industry associations are involved in research projects that recently...

This article has been corrected. Research focused on recycling scrap PET bottles and carpet into a reinforced polymer composite received...