Your empty cuppa could capture carbon

Some of the amine groups hang out solo, while others link with each other to help create the porosity within the solid. The researchers tested this process with a few plastic objects, including Styrofoam, food packaging, a fork, a CD case, and a Lego base plate (which has another chemical component). They found that the material they produced performed well in the carbon-capture cycle, both at the extremely high CO 2 concentration of a smokestack and the lower concentration of ambient air. …