PDK
Most plastic ends up in landfills, rivers and oceans. Circular plastics are the answer, if we can develop systems to collect and recycle them. But most plastics need virgin plastic added during the recycling process, to maintain quality and functionality. That could be about to change. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is working on Polydiketoenamine, or PDK. Unlike most plastics, PDK is not melted down by heat during recycling but by acid, in such a way that the polymers and the additives can be separated. The result is plastic that can be 100% recycled an infinite number of times.
— Wayne Visser
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