Environment
A fifth of the world’s plastic garbage is either burned or littered
Patchy garbage collection services result in more than 50 million tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste each year, and the majority of this is incinerated
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Chemistry
Plastic vaporising process could recycle bags and bottles indefinitely
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Environment
How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis
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Environment
Photos of an island paradise reveal plastic threat for bird population
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Environment
Marine fungus can break down floating plastic pollution
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Environment
Plastic pollution treaty would be ‘failure’ without tackling emissions
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Chemistry
Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragments from water
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Environment
Let’s not trash recycling technologies that could end plastic waste
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Environment
The incredible new tech that can recycle all plastics, forever
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Health
Microplastics linked to a greater risk of heart attack and stroke
People with artery plaques containing microplastics were about four times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as those with plastic-free plaques
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Environment
Marine animals may eat more plastic if it is biodegradable
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Health
There can be 240,000 plastic particles in a litre bottle of water
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Chemistry
Plastic bottles can be recycled into energy-storing supercapacitors
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Environment
Plastic bags and bottles can be recycled into soap
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