Whether you’re constructing homes through your 3D-printing company, creating RPG tabletop terrains and cosplay weapons ...

A process called Alkaline Thermal Treatment (ATT) has been tested to turn mixed plastic waste into high-purity hydrogen fuel.

Researchers have created self-destructing living plastic that uses engineered bacteria to completely break itself down when ...

Polystyrene — the plastic America loves to hate — wants a second chance. Used in foam cups, packaging peanuts and the molded ...

On the floor of a building in the English industrial town of Kettering, an hour north of London by train, a pile of colorful football jerseys waits, but not for long. Soon, the garments will be fed ...

Equipment provider Vecoplan says shredding and product quality will be critical to meeting European Union packaging recycling ...

A skilled welder performs maintenance and repair work inside a heavy-duty industrial shredder, welding worn rotor components within the machine’s steel hopper. Bright welding arcs illuminate the ...

Compostable plastics could be part of a solution to the world's plastic waste problem. But currently these materials need industrial composting facilities to break down. In a step toward making a home ...

Compostable plastics could be part of a solution to the world’s plastic waste problem. But currently these materials need industrial composting facilities to break down. In a step toward making a home ...

[Brogan M Pratt] and his students do a lot of 3D printing, and as such found themselves producing a lot of plastic waste. Seeing an opportunity, they built a bike-powered plastic shredder that turns a ...

After previously trying out low-tech compression molding with a toaster oven and 3D printed molds, [future things] is back with a video that seeks to explore some of the questions raised after the ...

Plastic is in practically everything, from packaging to products to clothing and furniture. It is a cheap, durable technology that improves health and food safety, has made countless products more ...