Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or “chemical” recycling through pyrolysis.

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

Buried in a proposal on natural disaster recovery is a bid to free pyrolysis plants from federal emission rules ...

During pyrolysis, the plastic polymers are broken down into smaller molecules, resulting in the production of liquid oil, fuel source gases such as methane, propane and butane, and char. Char is the ...

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...

CHIANG RAI - As Thailand deals with millions of tons of plastic waste each year, Pyrolysis is turning discarded plastic into diesel and other fuels, helping ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential.