12 Sep 2022 --- Researchers have discovered a method of turning plastic into diamonds, making way for a potentially lucrative future in recycling solutions. While investigating how Neptune and Uranus form diamonds, scientists discovered a new way of reusing PET, taking a once cheap plastic and turning it into an expensive stone. Lead author of the study and researcher at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) in Germany, Dominik Kraus, speaks to PackagingInsights. He says that even though his team found a new and effective way to reuse PET, it will be years before their method is widely utilized.
