Brooks said the composition of the pellets is “highly consistent” —at least 60 percent paper or cellulose and no more than 40 percent plastic. No trees are harvested for use in Convergen’s ...

Brooks said the composition of the pellets is “highly consistent” —at least 60 percent paper or cellulose and no more than 40 percent plastic. No trees are harvested for use in Convergen’s ...

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic While burning the pellets would reduce greenhouse gases from the university’s physical plant, it would ...

The pellets are made by Wisconsin-based Convergen Energy using paper and plastic waste. Some are wary of a proposal to burn them at UNC. In shift away from coal to power campus, UNC-Chapel Hill ...

UNC-Chapel Hill has withdrawn its application to burn pellets made of paper and plastic scraps instead of coal in its power ...

The pellets would replace coal at Chapel Hill’s Cogeneration Plant. Critics say that burning paper and plastic waste is not a green answer.

Plastic pellet pollution used to be a topic that the mainstream media didn't write much about. Not anymore. These days, your neighbors and family probably know something about the issue ...

A 2020 research paper by two of the country’s leading microplastics researchers noted that small amounts of plastic pellets were found in surface water at five river mouths in Manila Bay ...

The pellets would replace coal at Chapel Hill’s Cogeneration Plant. Critics say that burning paper and plastic waste is not a green answer.

Researchers may have found a realistic alternative to plastic. The alternative comes in the form of a newly developed “bioplastic” pellet, which could prove to be more sustainable than the ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local community leaders are working to raise awareness of plastic pellet pollution, a problem that remains prevalent in the Charleston area. Advocates from the Public ...