Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

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In relation to the plastics, chemical recycling breaks down PET’s long polymer chains into individual units called monomers ...

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The method overcomes barriers of incomplete depolymerization and low product purity, promising a pathway toward true ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling rates across the United States made a notable climb in 2023, according to Middleton, Wisconsin-based National Association for PET Container Resources’ ...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has released a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, glass ...

I highly doubt a new life cycle assessment (LCA) showing that plastic bottles are less harmful to the environment than aluminum cans and glass bottles will change any minds in our tribal culture, but ...

This may be hard to swallow, but the drinking bottle that you are dutifully carrying around with you all day to stay properly hydrated may be delivering more than water into your body. The most ...