Upcycled plastic can be turned into soap, researchers find (scrippsnews.com)

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Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to upcycle plastic into soap. Around 120 grams to 130 grams of plastic can make 100 grams of soap.

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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Why would anybody want that? We already have a problem with microplastics getting into our system. How is turning plastic into soap going to make that better?

[-] number6@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Because it gives economic value to plastics, helping to pull them out of the waste stream.

[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Its a bandaid no different than using plastics in roads or for backfill. The plastic needs to chemically change into something that is processable by nature without fucking everything up

[-] number6@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Changing it into soap does change it chemically. It becomes just like the soap you use every day.

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