Radiation technology using gamma and electron beams offers unique advantages to reduce plastic waste by offering a cleaner production and recycling process, avoiding the use of potentially harmful ...

Tractor-trailers carried the containers 150 yards to a gamma-ray machine, a truck-mounted ... Most bore small, metal and plastic shipping seals that were affixed improperly or showed signs of ...

Since then, plastic production has skyrocketed ... radiation technologies as a promising alternative to conventional recycling methods. Radiation technology using gamma rays and electron beams offers ...

Advancements in exciting topics like these will be highlighted at the IAEA’s Third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (#ICARST2025), which started in Vienna ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday.

A new study out of China backs what many have already said: global plastic recycling is stagnant in the face of rapidly growing production. Researchers at Tsinghua University peg the global ...

Second, telescopes have detected a mysterious glow of gamma rays with an energy of 511 kilo-electronvolts (keV) (which corresponds to the energy of an electron at rest). Interestingly, such gamma ...

According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

However, calls to restrict plastic production and consumption would likely backfire, resulting in higher consumer costs and worse environmental outcomes. Instead, addressing the root cause of ...

Less than 10 percent of all plastic is recycled, a rate that has remained stagnant even as production has exploded - Copyright AFP Biju BORO Less than 10 percent of ...

New research out of China backs what many have already said: Global plastic recycling is stagnant in the face of rapidly growing production. Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing peg the ...