Scientist develops game-changing new compound that solves major issue with plastics: 'People told me I was wasting my time'

Sometimes you just have to ignore the voices that tell you no, or that you are wasting your time. 

Enter a professor at Boise state who had never worked with polymers before, but who decided that plastic waste was a problem he could help with in some way. 

So over the course of several years, he self taught about polymers and their reactions. 

And he came up with an engineered form of a polymer that's stable under most conditions, but can be easily broken down into its base elements for re-use. 

Sure, it's nowhere close to be a commercial product, but it could (and probably will) be at some point. 

It's pretty cool what a little ingenuity and some commitment can do. 

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/closed-loop-recycling-plastic-waste-sustainable/