Upcycling incompatible plastics

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01724-4
2025-12-29
Nature Sustainability
Mathieu L. Lepage, Emmanuel Gras

Mixed plastics are hard to upcycle because they are not all miscible with each other and deliver blends of poor quality when melted together. Now reactive additives help to make these components compatible when processed at 180 °C.