From PET waste to CO₂ sorbent: how BAETA turns two crises into one solution

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have converted low-grade PET plastic waste into BAETA – a solid material that captures CO₂ from flue gas and directly from air. The work, published in Science Advances, is funded by the VILLUM Power-to-X Accelerator and could lower the cost of captured carbon for e-fuels and CO₂-based chemicals.