Using sunlight to recycle black plastics (IMAGE)

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Using sunlight to recycle black plastics

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Inside this reaction vial, spotlit by concentrated sunlight, a piece of black polystyrene from a foam tray breaks down into a recyclable material.

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Hanning Jiang

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