Chemical engineers have discovered a small molecule that behaves the same as cellulose when it is converted to biofuel. Studying this "mini-cellulose" molecule reveals for the first time the chemical ...

At IRPC, Sudipto Chakraborty, Technology Manager for Advanced Plastic Pyrolysis Technology at Lummus Technology, presented groundbreaking advancements in scaling pyrolysis for chemical recycling of ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Production of biofuels and renewable chemicals from biomass is projected to grow in the coming decades with increased global concerns over energy shortage and negative environmental impacts caused by ...

We’re all familiar with solar cells, be they photovoltaic, or for heating water. But they are only the more common ways of converting the sun’s energey into usable power, and to the extended list ...

Hazer Group Ltd. (Perth, Australia) has entered into a collaboration arrangement with Veolia S.A. (Paris) to explore the ...

Ineos and the pyrolysis firm Plastic Energy are moving forward with plans to build a plant that will convert waste plastics into raw materials that Ineos will process into new plastics. At Ineos’s ...

BASF has signed a deal to use pyrolysis oil made by heating waste tires without oxygen as an alternative to fossil fuel feedstock in its crackers. The German firm has agreed to purchase up to 4,000 ...