This may look like a machine used in a ‘Transformers’ film – but it’s actually a “smart” car with solar cells on the roof. American firm BASF created the electric vehicle, using its knowledge of chemistry, which generates energy to power the car’s climate control system. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has welcomed the firm’s […]

Non-recycled plastic being chucked into landfill in the States could power five million homes a year, according to new research. Scientists at Colombia University found that converting the waste material using today’s technology could make huge amounts energy. The study, sponsored by the American Chemistry Council, estimated that if all the non-recycled plastics thrown away […]