Chemists harness the sun to upcycle plastic waste cornell J_A_C_S
Styrofoam egg cartons, hard plastic compact disc cases, red drinking cups and many other common products are composed of polystyrene, which makes up a third of landfill waste worldwide.at Cornell, found the reaction can even take place in a sunny window.
Their paper,"Chemical Upcycling of Commercial Polystyrene via Catalyst-Controlled Photooxidation" published in thethrough chemistry, the new process is mild, climate-friendly and scalable to commercial waste streams, Stache said. Moreover, the process is tolerant of additives inherent in a flow of consumer waste, including dirt, dyes and other types of plastics.
Last summer, Stache's lab ran some degradation experiments in a sunny window; in a place with strong year-round sunlight, the reaction could be done outdoors.
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