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Wax worm saliva breaks down plastic and could be answer to plastic wasteWax worm saliva breaks down plastic and could be answer to plastic waste

Could wax worm saliva be the answer to plastic waste?

Spanish scientists have isolated unique plastic-eating enzymes from the common wax worm

A giant pile of plastic waste

Technology

Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

Polystyrene boxes

Chemistry

Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products

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Environment

Recycling dead trees could cut carbon emissions in US cities

A plastic bottle littering a beach in Melbourne, Australia. Sunset and horizon line in the background.

Environment

Plastic litter on Australian beaches cut by 29 per cent over six years

Zophobas morio

Environment

Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

Graphene

Chemistry

Zapping scrap plastic from cars can turn it into recyclable graphene

Wood for recycling

Technology

Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

tiny glass spheres in coal fly ash that contain rare earth elements

Environment

Rare earth elements for smartphones can be extracted from coal waste