Dual waste solution: The process uses both plastic waste and spent car battery acid, turning them into clean hydrogen and high-value industrial chemicals. Sunlight-powered chemistry: A cobalt ...

Battery acid from old cars, with a little help from a catalyst, can give plastic waste a new purpose, using it to drive the ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks bottles, nylon textiles and polyurethane foams – using acid recovered from old ...