Currently, the world is suffering from environmental problems caused by plastic waste. A KAIST research team has succeeded in ...

Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.

Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd., headquartered in Thailand, has collaborated with Eneos Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., Iwatani ...

PET bottles – bottled soda and water, for example – constitute the greatest opportunity. They have a consistent and ...

All over the world, mountains of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics are available for recycling in the form of soda bottles. And wherever there is enough cheap raw material, a market is ...

HydroGraph Clean Power, a certified graphene manufacturer, has announced a 'breakthrough' in plastic packaging technology ...

The world is currently confronting significant environmental challenges due to plastic waste. A research team at KAIST has ...

Plastic water and soda bottles often contain a chemical called polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Using PET bottles to make recycled polyester produces 75% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, compared to ...

The research uses solvents in low amounts that also act as hydrogen sources to break down a specific class of plastics called condensation polymers, which include polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...

A world without plastic is hard to imagine. Plastic has revolutionized how we protect, preserve and deliver food, beverages and essential consumer goods. Yet the term plastics covers a range of ...

A team led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has succeeded ...