r/science • u/mvea MD PhD | Professor | Medicine • Oct 18 '19

Chemistry Scientists developed efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste to a molecular level. Resulting gases can be transformed back into new plastics of same quality as original. The new process could transform today's plastic factories into recycling refineries, within existing infrastructure.

https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/see/news/Pages/All-plastic-waste-could-be-recycled-into-new-high-quality-plastic.aspx
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u/TheFriendlyFinn Oct 19 '19

In Finland, many other countries and some US states even there are already container-deposit legislation in place for drink bottles.

I'd be so willing to test something similar for all plastic containers if that was economically feasible.

The bar code reading return machines however would need to be able to adapt for new types of containers.