Scientists just found a use for the 460 million tonnes of plastic we throw away every year.

Sunlight.
Researchers at the University of Adelaide developed a process called solar-driven photoreforming.
Photocatalysts absorb sunlight and break down plastic at low temperatures, converting it directly into hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals.
No emissions. No fossil fuels. Just trash and light.
The world produces more plastic than it can recycle. Only 18% gets processed. The rest gets buried, burned, or dumped in the ocean.
This flips that math. Plastic stops being a waste problem and becomes an energy feedstock.
Still early stages, but the efficiency and stability numbers from initial experiments are strong.
Two crises. One solution.