14 Aug 2023 --- A team of US researchers has developed an alternative method of depolymerizing and recycling plastics that reportedly uses less energy without compromising plastic quality. We speak to Dr. Brent Sumerlin, lead researcher and professor at the University of Florida’s Department of Chemistry, to learn the science behind the development. Their experimental strategy induces depolymerization of polymers meaning they revert completely to the much smaller monomer molecules from which they were originally made.
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