Recycling Research
UML Researchers Extract Green Hydrogen from Industrial Plastic Waste
A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML) and the U.S. Army have developed a novel way to extract hydrogen from scrap plastic. Known as green hydrogen, the gas can be used as fuel for hydrogen fuel cells. Its only byproduct when burned is water vapor. Making their research even…
Read MoreWhat Does the Widely Recycled Label Mean on Plastics
The plastics industry has recently come under fire for implementing new policies relating to the ‘Widely Recycled’ and ‘Check Locally’ labels found on plastics. The former label is receiving the most criticism because so few consumer plastics are actually recycled. Knowing what we know about plastic recycling, what does ‘Widely Recycled’ even mean? The two…
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