PVC

ANN ARBOR, MI – Polyvinyl chloride or PVC is now a recyclable type of plastic after scientists at the University of Michigan discovered a way to chemically recycle the widely used material. The study of chemical recycling of PVC published last month in the journal Nature Chemistry. But when PVC is heated, one of its primary components, called plasticizers, leach out very easily – as well as hydrochloric acid. The researchers explored electrochemistry to find a way to recycle PVC plastics without using heat. “What we found is that it still releases hydrochloric acid, but at a much slower, more controlled rate,” Fagani said.

A research team at U-M has found a way to chemically recycle PVC into usable material.

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