So far, though, there's no way to recycle what's known as thermoset plastics.

不过，到目前为止， 还没有办法回收所谓的热固性塑料。

A similar approach can work for other types of thermoset plastics, too, Manas-Zloczower says.

Manas-Zloczower 说， 类似的方法也适用于其他类型的热固性塑料。

The team combined bits of one type of thermoset plastic with a tiny amount of a zinc-based compound.

该团队将一种热固性塑料的碎片与少量锌基化合物结合在一起。

Last year, Manas-Zloczower and Liang Yue, also at Case Western, were part of a team that developed a process to convert thermoset plastics into such vitrimers.

去年，同样在 Case Western 的 Manas-Zloczower 和 Liang Yue 所在的团队开发了一种将热固性塑料转化为此类 vitrimer 的工艺。