The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway also used by fungi.

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

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A new solar-driven method transforms plastic waste and microplastics into acetic acid, turning pollution into a valuable chemical.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

Researchers found a way to turn plastic waste into the main ingredient in vinegar using sunlight and a simple iron based material.

Using nanomaterial-based catalysts, we drive depolymerisation, a process that breaks plastics back into their molecular ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

The scalable production process seamlessly combines performance, integrated noise reduction, and sustainability.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put ...