‘Deceptively Simple’ Process Could Boost Plastics Recycling
12th March 2020
Plastics are a victim of their own success, so inexpensive, easy to use and versatile that the world is awash in plastic waste. Now researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new method of producing polyolefins — made from hydrocarbons and the most common building block of plastics — structured to address one of the biggest stumbling blocks to plastics recycling.
The process also would allow plastics to be produced from food oils and other natural substances.