In a new story, I mentioned that chemists are trying to do that. Researchers are trying to create a circular system for plastics by using chemical tools and biological tools.
Details are important when it comes to chemical recycling. There are concerns about how these facilities will run and how they will affect communities around them if the term is used correctly. Chemicals produced by some of the processes will not be used in new plastic or be useful to anyone.
The vision of a circular plastics economy may be helped by some chemical recycling methods.
Efforts to reach commercialization still have a long way to go. The lab process needs to be improved to accommodate the wide range of plastic used today. If chemical recycling can be economically and safely used to make useful building blocks for new materials, they could help chip away at our plastic problem.
The full story on the new recycling methods can be found here. The UN plastics treaty negotiations, as well as the coverage from Nature and Inside Climate News, should be recommended.
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