14 million motor vehicles are scrapped in the EU each year, representing an enormous waste problem. Seventy-five percent of a modern car is composed of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, which are ...

Agricultural plastic mulch films are widely used around the world to increase crop yields, conserve soil moisture, and suppress weeds. However, once these films are discarded, they can persist in the ...

A solar particle receiver and a pyrolysis reactor with associated particle and char separator are combined to produce low-emission valuable products such as bio-oil, biochar or pyrogas.

PROVIDENCE – Three years ago, after state regulators rejected a proposal in West Warwick to build a medical waste-to-energy plant, Gov. Dan McKee went a step further and signed a statewide ban on ...

Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF plans to invest 20 million euros ($22 million) into Oslo, Norway-based Quantafuel, a specialist for pyrolysis of mixed plastic scrap and purification of pyrolysis oil.