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. In experiments, method recovered 94% of monomers ...

Plastic has been a revolutionary material over the past century, with an uncountable number of uses and an incredibly low price to boot. Unfortunately, this low cost has led to its use in many ...

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

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

Plastics are everywhere, shaping industries with their durability, low cost, and lightweight properties. Over the last seven ...

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 ...

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 ...