‘Infinitely’ recyclable polymers in the spotlight

Colorado State University has announced “another major step toward waste-free, sustainable materials that could one day compete with conventional plastics”. The university chemistry team has created a polymer with many of the same characteristics as conventional plastics, such as light weight, heat resistance, strength and durability.
But the new polymer, unlike typical petroleum plastics, can be converted back to its original small-molecule state for complete chemical recyclability. This can be accomplished without the use of “toxic chemicals or intensive lab procedures”. An article about the research is published in Science (News Release Colorado State University, 26 April 2018).
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