When Carlos Ludlow started his PhD at Cambridge University he’d never heard of microwave-induced pyrolysis. But he quickly jumped into a project using that technology, led by Professor Howard Chase, because he wanted to study environmental engineering.

His interest led Ludlow to successfully apply the process to solve the particularly delicate waste management problem of how to dispose of plastic/aluminium packaging.

This form of packaging obviously has great benefits in terms of preserving food and drink, and making...

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