Hats off for new, lower temperature route to unzip plexiglass for recycling
Hydrogen atom transfer agents key to solvent-free method to produce pristine monomers from old acrylic
A new lower temperature method to depolymerise acrylic glass into monomers could offer an efficient, more environmentally friendly approach to recycle the material. The technique, which also uses no solvents, was developed by Swiss researchers who demonstrated it could produce high yields of pristine monomers ready for making new acrylic.