Swiss scientists have found a simple, low-energy way to recycle acrylic glass into brand-new material.
Researchers at ETH Zurich developed a method that breaks down acrylic glass, known by the brand name Plexiglas, recovering up to 98 percent of it as pure building blocks.
The process uses a single inexpensive chemical, needs no solvents, and runs at about half the heat of previous methods.
Even dyed or impure acrylic produced material good enough to make new products matching the quality of virgin plastic.
Because it works with existing equipment, companies wouldn’t need costly overhauls to adopt it.
ETH Zurich has filed a patent, is seeking industry partners, and hopes to adapt the approach for other common plastics like polystyrene
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/10/new-method-makes-acrylic-glass-recycling-economically-viable.html
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