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Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

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With Braskem’s I'm green™ bio-based Polyethylene, Balsam Hill Made the World’s First Plant-Based Plastic Christmas Trees Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5, and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the largest ...

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A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal ...

Scientists at Northwestern University say they have developed a new catalyst that could eliminate one of the biggest hurdles in plastics recycling: the need to sort waste by resin type. The ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...