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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On a scale far below anything that we can reasonably count on anytime soon and only under certain conditions. It won't be the miracle solution to the mountains of plastic we've produced over the last century

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Scale changes everything