Numerous plastics that are termed biodegradable are not compostable under industrial conditions. However, researchers at the University of Bath have currently discovered an approach to breaking down plastics with the help of UV light.
A team of researchers at the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT) has developed a new and simple method for upcycling plastic waste at room temperature.
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The project, led by the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT) at Bath, is a collaboration between the Universities of Bath and Oxford, the High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s Sustainability Partnership (National Composites Centre, a