Scientists are exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight, potentially ...

Every year, the world produces roughly 400 million metric tons of plastic waste, according to the United Nations Environment ...

Scientists are advancing a promising solution to two of the world's biggest challenges—plastic pollution and clean energy—by ...

As airlines and travellers feel the effect of global jet fuel shortages, scientists in Kent may have figured out a ...

Researchers reuse old car battery acid, simultaneously combining waste streams in move towards circular chemicals ...

A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...

Burning plastic can also put a cocktail of dangerous chemicals into the air, including dioxins, polycyclic aromatic ...

Adelaide University researchers use sunlight to convert plastic waste into hydrogen and clean fuels via photoreforming.

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% ...

Scientists are developing solar powered technologies to convert plastic waste into clean fuels, offering a potential solution ...

Ali Kamali, a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, inspects a sample of liquid fuel created from plastics. He is part of a UD-led research team ...