Chemical waste is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). It cannot be disposed of in regular trash or in the sewer system.

Five general principles of waste minimization apply just as well to the smaller-scale operations of research laboratories as they do to industrial settings: Chemicals can be ordered conservatively to ...

Chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste represents a vital strategy to transform discarded plastic into high‐quality feedstocks, thereby fostering a circular economy and reducing ...

In recent years, a fully enclosed miniature glass aquarium called the EcoSphere has become popular. People around the world place it as a decoration in their homes or offices. The most interesting ...

To paraphrase a line from Alice in Wonderland, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” In the ever-evolving landscape of sustainability and recycling, the plastics ...

As the Environmental Protection Agency grapples with how to meet its goal of a 50 percent U.S. recycling rate by 2030, it's wading through some starkly different viewpoints on what role chemical ...