Chemists at Northwestern University are using moisture from the air to depolymerize plastic waste for further plastic ...

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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 ...

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 ...

the broken-down PET is converted into monomers—the crucial building blocks for plastics. From there, the researchers envision the monomers could be recycled into new PET products or other ...

Researchers have finally made a breakthrough in how to break down plastic effectively without needing harsh chemicals.

In recent years, heart-rending images of dead or dying sea mammals and fish, their stomachs stuffed with plastic, have ...

Plastics are everywhere—from your phone case to the containers holding your food. They're cheap, light, and strong, which makes them incredibly useful. But their strength is also their downfall. Once ...

PET is a major contributor to plastic pollution in ... PET is converted into monomers (a key building block of plastics). This allows the monomers to be recycled into new PET products or other ...

MONTREAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / March 27, 2025 / Loop Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOOP) ("Loop"), a clean technology company ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem ... monomers—the essential building blocks of plastics. Researchers ...