FAN PLASTIC! How Plastic Waste Could Be Used To Grab CO2

Graduate student Paul Savas feeds raw plastic into a crusher to prepare it for pyrolysis, or heating in an inert atmosphere.
Note: News release photo(Jeff Fitlow/Newsflash). Graduate student Paul Savas feeds raw plastic into a crusher to prepare it for pyrolysis, or heating in an inert atmosphere. Note: News release photo(Jeff Fitlow/Newsflash).
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08 April 2022
Scientists have discovered a double environmental breakthrough - how to capture carbon dioxide by using heat-treated plastic waste. The breakthrough came from boffins at Rice University, in the city of Houston, in the US state of Texas. Researchers James Tour, Wala Algozeeb, Paul Savas and...