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Recycled thermocol fabric to treat oil spills

By Haydn Davis
30 October 2017

SANGAREDDY – A researcher from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad says he has developed a fabric made from recycled thermocol (polystyrene foam), which can absorb oil from sea water after an oil spill. Faculty member and researcher at IIT Hyderbad, Sheka Sharma says identifying thermocol is vital to limiting environmental damage as it is one of the main sources of non-biodegradable plastic waste from textile manufacturing.

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