Northwestern University: Novel Recycling Process Gives Old Plastics New Life
August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023
EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release:
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* Polyurethane plastic found in everyday products from mattresses to shoes is not recyclable through conventional means
* These plastics with crosslinked structures -- known as thermosets -- use catalysts to rearrange their bonds as they change shape
* Process using newly identified nontoxic catalysts allows foam to be reused and repurposed< . . .
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* Polyurethane plastic found in everyday products from mattresses to shoes is not recyclable through conventional means
* These plastics with crosslinked structures -- known as thermosets -- use catalysts to rearrange their bonds as they change shape
* Process using newly identified nontoxic catalysts allows foam to be reused and repurposed< . . .