Welcome to the future, where we have two existential problems we simply can’t get rid of: the atmosphere is full of carbon dioxide, and plastic waste is freaking everywhere . Now, though, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have come up with a two-in-one breakthrough that uses one problem to solve the other – by transforming plastic trash into a material that can absorb CO 2 out of the air so well it already compares well with some of the carbon capture tech out there. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

“The beauty of this method is that we solve a problem without creating a new one,” said Margarita Poderyte, a PhD fellow in the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Chemistry and lead author of a new paper

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