Look out No. 5. That’s right, the nonprofit Recycling Partnership is talking to you polypropylene, aka No. 5 plastic. Turn over a yogurt container or butter tub and you’re likely to see the No. 5 mark ...

As one of the most commonly used plastics in the world, polypropylene presents a global environmental problem because of issues related to its recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of ...

Research at West Virginia University is exploring whether microwave technology can recover high yields of propylene from polypropylene plastic scrap. Research by Yuxin Wang (pictured) at West Virginia ...

Discarded plastic is everywhere, mucking up natural and developed environments alike. Australian scientists say they’ve discovered two varieties of fungi that will eat away at the problem. In a study ...

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Would You Eat From Barf-Scented Plastic? Didn’t think so. But that’s the trouble with recycling molded plastic from many food containers. They’re often made of polypropylene (PP), a.k.a the #5 plastic ...

A new platinum catalyst converts polypropylene plastic into valuable liquid hydrocarbons, primarily motor oil (ChemSusChem 2021, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101999). Supported on carbon, platinum ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

PureCycle Technologies Inc., Orlando, Florida, has released an environment, social and governance (ESG) report that includes life cycle assessment (LCA) data it says shows the company's purification ...

Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...