Researchers break down plastic using sunlight

Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University this week said they have found a way to use sunlight to turn consumer plastic into a valuable chemical that could generate clean power. Speaking in a university news release, the team said it dissolved polyethylene in a solution that contained a vanadium-based catalyst.

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