Breakdown breakthrough: Previously unrecyclable plastic mix now recyclable
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From DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory 22/09/23 Almost 80% of plastic in the waste stream ends up in landfills or accumulates in the environment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a technology that converts a conventionally unrecyclable mixture of plastic waste into useful chemicals, presenting a new strategy in the toolkit to combat global plastic […]
Single use test tubes and petri dishes: New plastic recycling plant for innovation lab waste
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From University of Bath 14/09/23 A company co-founded by a University of Bath graduate has opened the UK’s first pilot plant that can recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to make back into new lab consumables. LabCycle hopes the technology could be scaled up in the future to recycle waste from healthcare, research and […]