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Scientists break down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air (phys.org)

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What plastic.

How scalable is it

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As per the article:

What plastic

polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

How scalable is it

They're working on increasing to industrial scale.

The description of their process sounds fairly exciting, in that it doesn't need a solvent, uses a cheap, non-toxic catalyst and produces PET precursors. If they manage to get it to industrial scale they'll go some way to solving the plastic problem.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you.