For the first time, we can now tell the difference between a wide range of plastic types and thereby separate plastics according to their chemical composition. This is absolutely ground-breaking and ...

The prototype hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system included a pulsed 532- nm green laser and a 2D imaging spectrometer with a gated ICCD. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new ...

The ASTM International Subcommittee on Recycled Plastics recently approved what it called major "enhancements" to the plastic resin identification code (RIC) system. The big change? Gone are "chasing ...

Plastic recycling seems easy — anything with the chasing arrows recycle symbol with a number in it means it can be recycled, and if there is no symbol it can’t be recycled, right? Unfortunately, no.