Posted on Sep 3, 2024
New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics -...
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The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality
New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics -...
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So much of what we “Recycle “ goes into the trash. This looks like a promising development. I wonder if the cost is competitive with making new plastics?
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Anything that truly "recycles" into something new is excellent. I do know that TREX uses plastic bags as part of their process for making "deck material/lumber"
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