{"id":20139,"date":"2022-04-06T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=20139"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:57:52","slug":"technique-converts-plastic-waste-clean-hydrogen-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/technique-converts-plastic-waste-clean-hydrogen-fuel\/20139\/","title":{"rendered":"Novel technique converts plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researchers working at <\/span>Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)<\/span> have created an innovative technique <\/span>that mitigates plastic waste by converting it into clean hydrogen fuel.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Unlike polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles which are recycled without difficulty, plastic waste comprising litter such as contaminated food packaging, styrofoam and plastic bags, poses recycling challenges. Unfortunately, this means that this waste is currently burned or buried in landfills, resulting in water, air, and ground pollution.<\/p>\n
By utilising a high temperature chemical process called pyrolysis, the NTU scientists discovered they were able to convert plastic waste into two main products: hydrogen and a form of solid carbon, known carbon nanotubes.<\/p>\n
This research represents a substantial step forward because hydrogen is valuable in electricity generating processes and powering fuel cells such as those in electric vehicles (EVs), with clean water as its only by-product.<\/p>\n