Scientist Discovers How to Breakdown Plastics and Turn Them to Constituent Parts and Valuable Chemicals - Nature World News

A novel technique can simultaneously break down the most commonly used form of plastic and synthesize valuable, widely used molecules, potentially making some plastic waste recycling more attractive and practical, a new study finds.

Polymers have a lengthy history in the chemical industry. This entails combining tiny chemical building blocks to form lengthy chains of compounds that link together. Polymers are the building block… [+4323 chars]

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