DEMETO project tested a new technology to provide solution to plastic waste treatment

Despite ongoing efforts to reduce plastic waste, reuse is only a portion of it. Less than 30% of plastic waste, for instance, is reused in the EU. Some of it is being shipped for distribution to non-EU countries. The rest goes to waste or is incinerated in wetlands, lakes and oceans, or winds up on beaches.

The EU-funded DEMETO project tested a new technology to provide such a viable, clean, safe and profitable solution to PET/polyes....