{"id":2414,"date":"2018-05-16T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T11:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2019-04-10T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T14:52:34","slug":"new-recyclable-polymer-can-reused-infinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/new-recyclable-polymer-can-reused-infinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"New Recyclable Polymer Can Be Reused Infinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/351\/6278\/1154\">300 million tons of plastics are produced every year<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, plastic is strong, long-lasting, inexpensive, durable, lightweight, and extremely useful. But, it\u2019s terrible for our environment.<\/p>\n<p>Recycling plastic reduces its impact, but the problem is that most plastics can only be recycled a few times.<\/p>\n<p>To solve this issue, scientists at Colorado State University have developed a type of recyclable polymer that can be used over and over again, without intensive procedures in a laboratory or using toxic chemicals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This new recyclable polymer could prove to be a sustainable alternative to plastics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to researchers, this new material is strong, heat-resistant, durable, and lightweight, while still being as versatile as plastic. The only difference is that this new polymer is waste-free and is far easier to recycle, as its monomers can be polymerized using small amounts of a catalyst without using any solvents. Moreover, the procedure can be achieved in a matter of minutes at room temperature.<\/p>\n<p>The lead researcher on the project, Eugene Chen, said, &#8220;The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be our dream to see this chemically recyclable polymer technology materialize in the marketplace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that this new polymer will one day replace plastics and help cut back on the amount of plastic waste that ends up in landfill and oceans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that more than\u00a0300 million tons of plastics are produced every year? No doubt, plastic is strong, long-lasting, inexpensive, durable, lightweight, and extremely useful. But, it\u2019s terrible for our environment. Recycling plastic reduces its impact, but the problem is that most plastics can only be recycled a few times. To solve this issue, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[908],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}