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 ...

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 decades, plastic production has skyrocketed from just 2 million tons per ...

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

Northwestern University chemists have developed a non-toxic, resource-efficient, solvent-free method for breaking down ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once the PET bonds are broken, the material is exposed to ambient air, which converts it into monomers-basic building blocks of plastics. These monomers can then be recycled or upcycled into more ...

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 ...

A new process that 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 ...