New Catalyst Process Recycles Plastic Waste into Useful Materials
Written by AZoCleantechJan 6 2021
Scientists have used an innovative catalyst process to recycle a certain kind of plastic for the first time. This plastic is found in everything, such as food packaging, grocery bags¸ wax, liquid fuels, electronics and toys.
Graphical abstract. Image Credit: Tamura/Osaka City University.
The researchers published their results in the
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental journal on December 10
th, 2020.
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Plastics are essential materials for our life because they bring safety and hygiene to our society,” stated the co-authors of the study Masazumi Tamura, an associate professor in the Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis in the Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology in Osaka City University, and Keiichi Tomishige, a professor in the Graduate School of Engineering in Tohoku University. However, the researchers said that the growth of the gl