Happy together: Peroxide binds incompatible polymers for recycling
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
ITHACA, New York, May 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Happy together: Peroxide binds incompatible polymers for recycling
Polyethylene and polypropylene account for two-thirds of the world's plastics. But the polymers' popularity has an equally large downside. Because they have similar densities and physical properties, the polymers are difficult - and expensive - to separate when mechanically recycled together. What resul . . .
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Happy together: Peroxide binds incompatible polymers for recycling
Polyethylene and polypropylene account for two-thirds of the world's plastics. But the polymers' popularity has an equally large downside. Because they have similar densities and physical properties, the polymers are difficult - and expensive - to separate when mechanically recycled together. What resul . . .