Your monthly guide to the world of plastics

Breakthrough Plastic Recycling Process Transforms PE into PP.

By plasticstoday.com

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and University of California, Santa Barbara researchers teamed with Dow to develop a breakthrough process to transform the most widely produced plastic — polyethylene (PE) — into the second-most widely produced plastic, polypropylene (PP). The process could reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

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Transforming plastic wastes into utility products.

By getbengal.com

Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik, Head of Research Programme, and Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, is well-known for his contribution towards development of lightweight bullet-proof composite. He is also paving the way for sustainable recycling.

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Scientists improve the process for turning hard-to-recycle plastic waste into fuel.

By Matthew Carroll

Turning plastic waste into useful products through chemical recycling is one strategy for addressing Earth's growing plastic pollution problem. A new study may improve the ability of one method, called pyrolysis.

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Mixed plastic waste converted into useful materials in dual chemical–biological approach.

By Jamie Durrani

A new process converts mixed plastic waste into a single useful chemical feedstock. The procedure uses a combination of chemical and biological methods to upcycle three common plastics, and could offer a way to improve recycling processes by eliminating the need to first sort and separate different waste materials.

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Using plastic in road building will help manage waste effectively, say experts.

By Gaurav Saigal

The success of the process of using plastic to build roads has been proven by laying several stretches across India and these are operational today also, according to experts at Indian Road Congress.

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10,000 tonnes of plastic waste collected under Swachh Bharat 2022.

By Ajay Sharma

Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur on Wednesday lauded the efforts in collecting over 10,000 tonnes of plastic waste by the teams of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and National Service Scheme (NSS).

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That’s all for now.

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