'Deceptively simple' process could boost plastics recycling
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 16:40
in Physics & Chemistry
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.