Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight. The breakthrough offers a promising new approach ...

Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are pivotal in both traditional and modern applications of vinegar production. These Gram‐negative, obligately aerobic microorganisms oxidise ethanol to acetic acid through ...

What if plastic waste could be turned into something useful? That dream may soon become a reality, as scientists have found a way to turn plastic into acetic acid using sunlight. Plastics and ...

Instead of treating plastic purely as waste, new research shows that it can be transformed into something useful — acetic ...