Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself
September 14, 2023
September 14, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 14 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for itself.
"In this work, we converted waste plastics including mixed waste plastics that don' . . .
Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for itself.
"In this work, we converted waste plastics including mixed waste plastics that don' . . .