Mechanochemical recycling converts polystyrene to a commodity chemical (cen.acs.org)
from obbeel@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz on 07 Sep 12:46
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zabadoh@ani.social on 07 Sep 19:12 next collapse

The trick is collecting clean polystyrene foam.

You can’t throw it into a mixed recycling bin because it crumbles and contaminates the other materials.

We have a polystyrene recycling system here in San Francisco, CA, the only one in the US I’m told, but we have to separate the polystyrene foam and bring it to the dump.

It’s free for SF residents.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 08 Sep 13:08 collapse

BENZENE. That’s the commodity chemical. I hate journalists burying the lede.