Yesterday, we published the news about plastic eating bacteria that can help solve the plastic pollution crisis. Today, there’s another breakthrough: a company has been able to create a chemical process that turns plastic bags into a liquid that can be a resource for other chemical processes. It can take up to five centuries for a plastic bag to degrade; the new process turns ten bags into liquid in three hours. Next challenge: collecting plastic waste.
Recycling breakthrough: this process turns 10 plastic bags into liquid in 3 hours
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