TotalEnergies SE and clean technology firm Clariter SA have developed what they describe as the world's first sustainable ultrapure solvent made from plastic waste. In a news release, officials with ...

Plastics are everywhere—in the packaging around your food, the insulation in your home, and even the parts of your phone. They make life easier and safer, but there’s a cost. Nearly 75% of plastic ...

Multilayer plastic materials are ubiquitous in food and medical supply packaging, particularly since layering polymers can give those films specific properties, like heat resistance or oxygen and ...

On average, from 2011 to 2021, academic labs generated around 4,300 metric tons of hazardous waste each year. One of the largest lab-used solvents discarded is dichloromethane and more than half of ...

A new solvent and a new team could increase the capacity at the Savannah River Site's Salt Waste Processing Facility to 9 million gallons per year. Thomas Johnson, senior deputy manager of the U.S.

Electronic waste contains precious metals, which can be safely dissolved and separated with recyclable fatty acids, without the use of corrosive substances. A new technique enables the use of, for ...