Researchers are using air moisture to combat plastic pollution. This new technique efficiently breaks down PET plastics.

The U.S. Can Step Down as Top Plastic Polluter as Scientists Present a New Simpler Method to Break Down Plastic Plastic ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled ...

Northwestern University researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking method for plastic recycling that promises to ...

Using moisture from the air, Northwestern University chemists in Evanston, Illinois, have developed a new method for breaking ...

Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down ...

Then, the researchers merely expose the broken pieces to ambient air. Leveraging the trace amounts of moisture in air, the broken-down PET is converted into monomers — the crucial building blocks for ...

In a groundbreaking development that could help address the global plastic crisis, scientists have unveiled a new method to ...

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

Leveraging the trace amounts of moisture in air, the broken-down PET is converted into monomers—the crucial building blocks for plastics. From there, the researchers envision the monomers could ...