Global plastic demand has driven its annual production from 1.5 M metric tons in 1950 to 367 M in 2020 1,2. However, the current ‘take-make-waste’ linear plastic system relies on large quantities of ...
A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...