Meet the researchers designing the death of plastic – USA

Posted on August 12, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste News

‘It was a phenomenal feeling,’ said the scientist who made plastic simply disappear.

Source: Meet the researchers designing the death of plastic

Having unzipping polymers and fully recyclable products is a step forward, but consumers still have to do their part. “Pollution exists because the material wasn’t collected,” said Steve Alexander, who leads the Association of Plastic Recyclers. “If you can’t sort properly, no matter what it is, it is just trash.” Collection and sorting remain the biggest problems for recyclers, he said.

We have to be careful here that the products are not degrading down to little molecules loose in the environment.