Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden claim to have demonstrated how the carbon atoms in mixed waste can “replace all fossil raw materials in the production of new plastic”. 

A team of researchers at Gothenburg-based Chalmers has developed a recycling method inspired by the natural carbon cycle and has said in a study published in The Journal of Cleaner Production that this could eliminate the climate impact of plastic materials, or even clean the air of carbon dioxide.

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