More than 60 million plastic water bottles go into landfills and incinerators every day, according to the Container Recycling Institute.

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.

  • @CobblerScholar
    1•1 year ago

    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