Agilyx Corp.’s “most innovative” facility in Tigard, Oregon, was initially built to convert hard-to-recycle plastics into synthetic crude oil. At one time, Agilyx generated about one million gallons ...

Bordeaux and Marseille chemists have succeeded in transforming two of the most widely used but also most difficult plastics ...

A trio of companies from different nations has announced a partnership designed to recycle polystyrene packaging collected in consumer curbside and drop-off recycling systems and from sources such as ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS), also known as polystyrene foam, is a versatile and lightweight plastic. One key market for EPS is in packaging, where it’s used widely for take-out foodservice and to ...

The idea of upcycling plastic waste into even more valuable products is a meritorious one, but some forms of the material lend themselves to this process better than others. Polystyrene lays at the ...

Ocean trash and overflowing landfills have drawn widespread attention to the plastic waste that we put into our environment. In response, communities around the world work hard to reduce, reuse, and ...

Recycling is typically thought of as a good thing. Except when the product you're dealing with is polystyrene -- considered environmentally taboo because its chemical makeup means it takes centuries ...

Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. The team of chemical engineers, based at the University of Bath in the ...

After years of providing a free polystyrene recycling service for 10 northwest suburban locations, Ken Santowski recently announced he was shutting it down. He could no longer afford to store ...

A city-wide Styrofoam recycling event is coming to Naperville next month. On Aug. 10, anyone wanting to get rid of the styrene plastic products often used for packaging, insulation and crafts can drop ...

The City of Lincoln, Nebraska’s Solid Waste Management division and First Star Recycling of Omaha, Nebraska, each received a ...