It's finally out! Our work showing we can use light to do recycling of plastics at much lower temperatures than currently done at scale. The technology shows promise as it might be able to deal with mixed plastic waste, which currently can't be recycled. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #recycling
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Photo-initiated solvent-mediated depolymerization of consumer poly(methyl methacrylate) without chlorinated reagents - Nature Communications
Chemical recycling of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) typically requires high temperatures. Here, the authors report the UV-initiated depolymerisation of PMMA at low temperatures, in non-chlorinated ...
