{"id":119426,"date":"2023-12-13T07:57:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T05:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/plastic-recycling-technique-offers-hope-for-a-sustainable-future\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T07:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T05:57:21","slug":"plastic-recycling-technique-offers-hope-for-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/plastic-recycling-technique-offers-hope-for-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic recycling technique offers hope for a sustainable future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119426\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Scientists from IIT Madras, Columbia University, and Colorado State University have joined forces to develop a revolutionary technique for recycling plastic. Their innovative method allows for the merging of different types of plastics, resulting in strong and recyclable composite materials.<\/p>\n<p>Published in the esteemed journal Nature, this groundbreaking research has the potential to transform the plastic recycling industry. Traditional recycling methods face challenges due to the incompatibility of various polymers. However, the multi-institutional team overcame this obstacle by utilizing a specially designed universal dynamic crosslinker (UDC) to successfully blend otherwise incompatible plastics.<\/p>\n<p>While the technique shows great promise, Eugene Chen, Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University, acknowledged that cost remains a key barrier. With millions of tons of plastic waste to consider, the researchers are working on optimizing the dynamic crosslinkers&#8217; usage to make the process more cost-effective. Despite the initial obstacles, the scientists are excited about the potential of this new strategy, which aims to reuse mixed plastic waste over multiple use cycles. The research offers hope for a future where plastic recycling becomes more efficient and sustainable, contributing to a cleaner and greener planet.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.in\/news\/sci-tech\/2023\/12\/12\/plastic-recycling-technique-offers-hope-for-a-sustainable-future.html\">The Week<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/4-445\/\">Plastic recycling technique offers hope for a sustainable future<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,1191,1530],"class_list":["post-119426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-plastic-recycling","tag-sustainability"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}