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 ...

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 ...

Despite the best efforts of suppliers and industry groups, polystyrene is generally viewed as unrecyclable and therefore environmentally unfriendly. In fact, less than 5% of polystyrene from packaging ...

In December, the Hilliard Environmental Sustainability Commission held its fifth annual polystyrene-foam recycling collection. Since its inception, the polystyrene-foam collection has been one of the ...

A team of chemical engineers based at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts are developing a technique for recycling polystyrene (PS) that ...

The project proves the feasibility of post-consumer waste becoming a valuable feedstock, thus creating a circular economy for polystyrene. The project also included a commercial and an ecological ...

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 ...