Book Review: “Peak Plastic” by Jack Buffington
By Peter Murphy — March 23rd, 2019 — “Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” So said “Mr. McGuire” to Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ben Braddock, in The Graduate. Indeed, Mr. McGuire was prescient. In more than half a century since he gave his succinct advice,...Waging war on plastic not the answer
Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) acquires Resource Recycling, Inc.
Washington, D.C. — Resource Recycling, Inc., which produces a number of recycling trade publications and conferences, has been acquired by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. APR, headquartered in Washington, D.C., closed on the sale of Resource Recycling on March...IBM chemists have found a faster way to recycle plastics, even stuff coated with residue
GreenBiz Group — Adapted from the VERGE Weekly newsletter, published Wednesdays. When it comes to innovation, Google’s parent Alphabet probably wins the headline race, but IBM has it way beat when it comes to racking up U.S. patents. In early January, the 107-year-old...NREL Pioneers Cleaner Route to Upcycle Plastics into Superior Products
NREL — Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered a method of plastics upcycling—transforming discarded products into new, high-value materials of better quality and environmental value—that could...