(AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Different types of plastic are seen inside Petgaserita, a non-catalytic pyrolysis machine, which ...

Petgas’ idea is that rather than letting discarded plastic become waste, it can become productive again as fuel. Petgas developed a machine in the port city of Boca del Rio that uses pyrolysis ...

They searched for a readily available material that had a high supply of hydrocarbons and found what they needed. Researchers ...

a form of chemical recycling that melts plastic down into crude oil to be used for fuel and petrochemicals, as well as to make lesser-quality plastics. While advocates champion these facilities ...

Chemicals are derived from several feedstocks, including natural gas, that have historically been more cost-efficient as building blocks for plastics than oil. So, companies that make chemicals ...

There’s wide consensus that single-use plastics are bad for environmental and human health, which is why eight in 10 Americans support a national policy reducing their use. The fossil fuel ...

Petgas’ idea is that rather than letting discarded plastic become waste, it can become productive again as fuel. Petgas developed a machine in the port city of Boca del Rio that uses pyrolysis ...