New polymer additive could revolutionize plastics recycling
Sunday, February 26, 2017 - 23:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Only 2 percent of the 78 million tons of manufactured plastics are currently recycled into similar products because polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), which account for two-thirds of the world's plastics, have different chemical structures and cannot be efficiently repurposed together. That could all change with a new discovery.