Fully recyclable plastic created
16, May 2019
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Mains level :
- The scientists have created a next-generation plastic that can be fully recycled into new materials of any colour, shape, or form, without loss of performance or quality.
- A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has designed it.
- All plastics are made up of large molecules called polymers, which are composed of monomers.