Dive Brief:
- An innovative technology that does not require water to facilitate recycling plastics has been developed by researchers in Mexico.
- Ak Inovex, the company behind the process, created a way to transform 90% of plastics without using liquid while also cutting production costs in half.
- Using this technology, energy consumption is slashed, because the recycled beads are formulated immediately thanks to the removal of water processing from the equation.
Dive Insight:
One advantage of using this technology is that it offers the ability to process almost any type of plastic. Examples include styrofoam, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
This is one tech to keep an eye on, especially if starts gaining popularity across the border.