ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

Mixed-plastic electronics waste could be a valuable source of reusable polymers, a new study suggests. The team has developed the first energy-efficient and environmentally friendly process that ...

Pollution caused by plastics and rubber has become an issue of global concern. Polymeric materials (plastics and rubbers) comprise a steadily increasing proportion of the municipal and industrial ...

A new study describes a chemical reaction that can convert Styrofoam into a high-value conducting polymer known as PEDOT:PSS. Researchers also noted that the upgraded plastic waste can be successfully ...

Most people are aware that plastic waste is a problem. Almost all types of plastics that we use in our everyday lives are ...

ORNL’s invention may change plastic’s environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

Many polymers—including plastics used to manufacture the plethora of products used only once and thrown away—don’t degrade easily and consequently pack our landfills and pollute our waterways. The ...

This article will provide an overview of waste sulfur and explore the concept of producing polymers from this by-product for a more environmental solution. Waste sulfuric acid is created as a ...

To upcycle the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory invented a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material ...