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How do you solve two hazardous waste problems at once? Cambridge chemists just used dead car battery acid and sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen.


Battery acid dissolves plastic waste. Sunlight converts it into hydrogen fuel and acetic acid. Cambridge scientists just proved the chemistry works and it's profitable.

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