Whether packing peanuts can be recycled or not depends largely on what they are made of and the type of recycling facilities that exist in your area. Packing peanuts are actually color-coded—they come ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronics are integral to modern society, but electronic waste (e-waste) presents a complex and growing challenge in the path toward a circular economy – a more sustainable ...

(Nanowerk News) The flip side of the convenience that electronic devices brings us, electronic waste presents a complex and growing challenge on the path toward a circular economy – a more sustainable ...

While we’ve learnt to deal with the aches and pains that come with that time of the month, we’re not ok with how much plastic ends up in our landfills and oceans every year as a result. The average ...

video: Scientists have developed a fully recyclable and biodegradable printed circuit. The advance could divert wearable devices and other flexible electronics from landfill, and mitigate the health ...

Chemists at Colorado State University (CSU) have developed a new biodegradable polymer. The plastic is made from the bio-renewable monomer Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and it converts back to GBL when ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most defining environmental challenges of our time. Despite efforts to recycle or responsibly dispose of plastic, vast garbage patches in the oceans continue to grow, ...

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE are developing new recycling and materials technologies within the Zirk-Tex project to convert previously unused ...