It worked, but I had trouble staring without re-focusing, and every time I did that, it snapped back into normal. I had to consciously ‘will’ it to fade. Same as the next example at the link.
Apparently it allows PET to be broken down into its original components meaning full recycling is possible. It’s assumed this will end up being a cheaper way to produce plastic bottles than mining the oil for new ones.
The article on it from the guardian seems to imply that it converts the PET plastic into whatever its substrates are. May not be as basic as oil but enough to make more PET or whatever else the same components can be made from. But, yes, if true it would be a pretty valuable thing.
Years ago I heard about some blokes setiing up a facility, in Melbourne no less,… that was supposed to break this plastic down and return it as Bio Diesel.
Sounded really promising, but I’ve heard squat about it since.