Large-scale recycling of modern textiles is now in sight
Fast fashion creates mountains of polyester-cotton textile waste—a new recycling method that separates and recycles the two materials could be what the industry needs.
Supramolecular plastic, it biodegrades in the sea in 10 days
A new degradable supramolecular plastic has been created that decomposes in seawater into monomers that can be metabolized by bacteria.
Royal Mint opens factory in south Wales to recover gold from e-waste
‘Pioneering’ facility will extract precious metal from up to 4,000 tonnes of scrap circuit boards a year