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Can Advanced Recycling Be a Solution to the Plastic Pollution Crisis?

Por: NBC 6 South Florida World October 22, 2022

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AP Photo/Keith Srakocic The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet's oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid and gas to produce an oil-like mixture or basic chemicals. Industry leaders say that mixture can be made back into plastic pellets to make new products. “What we... + full article



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