A research team has introduced an innovative solution for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Carbon black, a common pigment in black plastics, can promote the depolymerization of polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) through photothermal conversion ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a ...

Acrylic polymers such as poly (methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all-carbon backbones that give these ...

This marks SK chemicals' first depolymerization technology-based recycling center in Korea. The newly constructed ...

Their startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a ...

The Japanese company says it initially will target used automotive materials such as airbags with its depolymerization ...

A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Nanjing ...

SK Chemicals announced on the 18th that it will establish a "Recycling Innovation Center (RIC)" capable of producing recycled ...

Tokyo, Japan, February 20, 2025-Toray Industries has announced a breakthrough in recycling nylon 66. The company recently ...