Can Chemical Recycling Solve The World’s Plastic Problem?

PUBLISHED: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:06:02 GMT
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Plastics recycling is failing, and the plastics industry is betting big on a technology called chemical recycling to save it. This tech can supposedly convert any type of used plastic into plastic that’s as good as new. But skepticism abounds.

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