Upcycled plastic can be turned into soap, researchers find
Upcycled plastic can be turned into soap, researchers find
scrippsnews.com Upcycled plastic can be turned into soap, researchers find
More than 60 million plastic water bottles go into landfills and incinerators every day, according to the Container Recycling Institute.
Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to upcycle plastic into soap. Around 120 grams to 130 grams of plastic can make 100 grams of soap.
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It's great that they're looking into breaking down plastic, but wouldn't turning it into soap only accelerate our rising microplastic situation?
No, because it's not plastic anymore.
Now it's soap!
Microsoap
So alchemy, then.
No, just chemistry
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