SUGARLOAF, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A proposal for a plastic pyrolysis plant by Alterra Energy has been withdrawn. A public records request revealed a letter from Alterra Energy to Sugarloaf ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

An analyst with the Boston-based research firm says tonnage outputs at installed plastic pyrolysis systems largely are disappointing. The senior analyst of Lux Research says his own company’s forecast ...

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 ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Two years after walking away from a proposed pyrolysis plant to process plastic waste in Georgia, Brightmark LLC is once again looking to develop such a facility in that state. This time, the San ...

Xycle, a plastics recycling startup based in the Netherlands, has secured financing to fund the construction of its first commercial-scale plant, with the funds coming from a combination of equity ...

FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — It was shaping up to be the successor to the coke plant - a pyrolysis plant looking to fill the gap in Follansbee. Now, a new report shows those plans might not be as sustainable ...

A company called 245Recycle LLC is in the planning stages for a chemical recycling facility for plastics to be located somewhere on the Texas Gulf Coast. The Houston-based company plans to use ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential.