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- beefbot ( @beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 16•15 hours ago
I mean, yeah, vaporizing anything means it turns to nothing but gas?
- coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) English14•15 hours ago
Importantly, it turns it into gas which is useful for manufacturing new plastic.
- beefbot ( @beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 6•14 hours ago
Oh! Thanks , I knew someone had the time to read it; with a headline like that I wasn’t’nna be arsed
- stoy ( @stoy@lemmy.zip ) 4•15 hours ago
Nope.
Bad title, you are wrong!
What is actually going on is that researchers have found a new way to recycle polypropylene and polyethylene.
The current process releases a lot of methane during recycling of the plastics, but now researchers at Berkeley univercity have found a new way of using catalysts that turn the plastics into gas, which makes it easier to recycle.