Breakthrough Recycling Method Transforms Plastic Waste Into Valuable Chemicals
Scientists have developed a shuttle catalysis method that transforms waste plastics into valuable chemical building blocks. The process enables near-complete conversion of acrylonitrile polymers into industrially useful compounds through reversible hydrogen transfer reactions.
Catalytic Breakthrough in Plastic Upcycling
Researchers have demonstrated a novel chemical recycling approach that converts waste polyacrylonitrile polymers into valuable nitrile compounds, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications. The method utilizes shuttle catalysis to transfer hydrogen cyanide (HCN) from discarded plastics to useful organic molecules, potentially creating new economic incentives for plastic waste recovery.