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Researchers make groundbreaking discovery that could reshape the future of plastic recycling: 'A significant practical advancement'

This new technology could significantly improve recycling outcomes. Researchers make groundbreaking discovery that could ...
Yahoo

Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...
CNBC

Recycling plastic can be a little confusing. Here's what the numbers inside the recycling symbol mean

Plastics labeled with a number 1 inside the recycling symbol are about 20.9% likely to be reprocessed, according to Greenpeace. Plastics numbered 3 through 7 have a reprocessing rate of less than 5%, ...
The Conversation

Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...
AZOM

What Are the Different Types of Plastics?

Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials made from polymers, which are long chains of molecules typically derived from petroleum, natural gas, or other organic sources. Plastics are ...
GeekWire

Ridwell starts collecting more difficult types of plastic as recycling startup grows to seven states

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Jun 30, 2023 at ...
Agence France-Presse on MSNOpinion

Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible

If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in ...