Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for itself.

Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself::Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen …

  • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
    203·
    1 year ago

    Would be nice to see more plastic actually recycled.

    Of course, not sure how many microplastics this process leaves behind. I have some biodegradable plastic bags for mycology sitting on a shelf because I don’t want to be feeding my vermicompost microplastic.

    • BlueBockserEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, microplastics seem to be overlooked too often when people talk about plastic recycling “solutions”. The worst one I’ve ever seen was a video where they cut a plastic bottle into strands and then made a broom out of them…

      • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        It’s much better than making a new broom out of plastic. It also avoids carbon melting the plastic into pellets then remelting into a new mold.