Source: Good News Network
Discarded plastic could be used to fuel cars in the future thanks to a ground-breaking process developed by scientists from Swansea University.
They have been able to transform unwanted plastic into hydrogen which in turn could be used to run cars.
Dr. Moritz Kuehnel of the University’s chemistry department explains how light-absorbing material are added to the plastic, before it is placed in an alkaline solution and then exposed to sunlight, which creates hydrogen.
He said this process could be cheaper than recycling because any kind of plastic can be used and it does not need to be cleaned first.
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“There’s a lot of plastic used every year – billions of tonnes – and only a fraction of it is being recycled. We are trying to find a use for what is not being recycled,” he told BBC.
Most plastic bottles are made from PET [polyethylene terephthalate] which can be recycled but often end up being burned or thrown into landfill.
Kuehnel said: “But even if you do recycle it, it needs to be very pure – so only…
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