That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

The concept of converting plastic back into crude oil is not new. Past efforts have centred on pyrolysis, a process of applying intense heat in reactors to break down plastic molecules.

they're lobbying to blanket the country with 150 plants that specialize in pyrolysis, a form of chemical recycling that melts plastic down into crude oil to be used for fuel and petrochemicals ...

CHEMICAL recycling of plastic through a process called pyrolysis is a concept that makes ... a form of synthetic crude oil, can then be used to make all manner of new products such as new plastic ...