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360Science™: How to Recycle Polylactic Acid Plastics

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Students carry out an investigation to explore how plastic items made of polylactic acid can be recycled by using heat to transform them into new products.

Concepts

Green chemistry
Polymers
Acid–base chemistry
Hydrolysis reactions