One of the World's Most Problematic Plastics Suddenly Becomes Premium Lubricating Oil

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Researchers at Virginia Tech turn hard-to-recyclable PVC into high-quality lubricating oil that can compete with commercially available products.

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Every year, companies around the world produce around 60 million tons of PVC. This results in a wide range of products, from pipes and window frames to cables, credit cards and floor coverings. All of this eventually breaks down and ends up mostly on the garbage or in an incinerator. The recycling rate of PVC is less than one percent, due to the high chlorine content and different additives. Now, American researchers have succeeded in producing …