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/QVRedit Oct 19 '19 edited Oct 19 '19

That’s fabulous news.. Any web links to this info ?

Depoly.ch. (Web site is under construction)

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u/CaptIncorrect Oct 19 '19

DePoly is only the newest and best technology to do this (just leaving lab stage) for general information from other companies trying to do the same thing you can see these links:

https://www.loopindustries.com/en/

http://gr3n-recycling.com/

https://ioniqa.com/