https://undark.org/2024/08/21/plastic-waste-transformed-into-food-for-humans

@MichiganTech system begins with a…shredder, which reduces…to small shards that then move into a reactor, where they soak in #ammoniumhydroxide under high heat. Some #plastics, such as #PET, which is commonly used to make disposable water bottles, break down at this point. Other plastics used in military food packaging — namely #polyethylene and #polypropylene — are passed along to another reactor, where they are subject to much higher heat and an absence of oxygen…