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New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics: « The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality. »


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