Living in one of the poorest parts of the Middle East and facing some of the region's highest fuel costs, Palestinians in Gaza are burning plastic to make affordable diesel. It's an economic and ...

When you think of Bali, you probably think beaches and pool parties and Bintang. But while you're living the good life, you're probably contributing to a really big problem. Think about the disposable ...

A viral story that began with concern for young inventor Julian Brown has reached an exciting new chapter. Brown, from metro ...

An organic chemist in Michigan and a California sailboat captain have developed small-scale reactors that will transform hydrocarbon-based plastics back to their oily roots, reduce waste in landfills, ...

PUGET-THENIERS, France: A French actor and a self-taught inventor have designed a low-tech machine that converts plastic waste into diesel and petrol, which they say could help fight pollution and ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. The ...

SURAT: A systematic plastic waste management in the city has begun with the commissioning of a plastic waste management plant at Bhatar. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has provided two acres ...

Normally, potato chip bags, beer rings, gooey food wrappers and other plastics that cannot be recycled go directly to the dump. But improvements on an existing technology could divert billions of tons ...

September 5, 2005 Current Australian IPO Axiom Energy Limited has an interesting proposition for potential investors – the company will produce low sulphur diesel from waste plastics that until now ...