Hydrogen's potential as a clean, non-CO2 emitting fuel has long been recognised. Now a cheap new way to make it has been developed by Oxford scientists – with the added benefit of using up plastic waste.

One of the biggest challenges in the production of hydrogen is the cost of separating it from hydrocarbons by using extreme temperatures of more than 750C – but this has now been carried out quickly and economically in a laboratory using microwaves.

Peter Edwards, professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Oxford University, says it is the "most exciting project" of his career, with companies and finance houses keen to get on board as they look to scale up the lab experiment.

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