Polystyrene homopolymer, known as “crystal" polystyrene in the trade, is an amorphous, colorless, and transparent commodity thermoplastic. It is rigid, brittle, relatively hard and has excellent gamma ...

Organophilic MMT (O-MMT) was prepared by cation exchange between Na + in clay galleries and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium cations in aqueous solution. MMT was first dispersed in deionized water under ...

Polystyrene—most familiarly produced as foams, including Styrofoam—has given the world cheap, lightweight insulation and containers for taking food to go. But the material biodegrades so slowly that ...

Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could ...

Waste plastics come in many forms. While some waste plastics are easily recyclable, others can pose significant challenges. "Polystyrene is one such problem material," says Christoph Wittmann, ...

Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously thought. A ...

Researchers have found a way to upcycle plastic waste into more valuable products, which they say could help tackle the growing accumulation of non-degradable waste polluting our cities and ...

Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We're exploring why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by ...