Not all plastic are the same – some types and colors are easier to recycle than others. For example, black foam and black coffee lids, which are often made of polystinine, are usually finished in landfills because colors inditives are ineffective pruning. Now, researchers report in ACS Central Science that the ability to take advantage of a additive in black plastic, with the help of sunlight or white LEDs, to change black and colorful polystinine waste into early content reusable.
