Researchers have found a way to turn plastic waste into hydrogen using sulfuric acid recovered from old car batteries and ...

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

Scientists have long known that sunlight helps break down plastic. So, why do plastic products linger for decades and even ...

A global processing company identifies plant optimization applications with advanced process control software and finds immediate return on investment. Recent global consumer economic numbers show ...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, MINNEAPOLIS and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

Three giants in chemicals, agricultural products, and industrial enzymes have partnered to commercialize a biological route to acrylic acid. BASF is the world’s largest producer of acrylic acid. It ...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY- MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, August 17, 2012 - BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from ...