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Circular Economy
Only 13.5% of new products come from circular plastic
Increasing levels of incineration reduce waste that is useful for circular plastic production. Which risks failing targets
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Tech innovations and Startups
Discovery of a green plastic that repairs itself and biodegrades in nature
It’s easy to model, it degrades in nature, and when it breaks, it adjusts. Will self-repair plastic revolutionize the industry?
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Business
How to recycle plastic with LEDs and turn it into hydrogen carriers
A new photodriven upcycling process has been developed to transform plastic waste into valuable chemical by-products
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Environment
From leukemia to premature births, the 1st systematic study on the impact of plastics on health
The production of ever-increasing volumes of plastic is the number one problem. Between 1950 and 2019 the pace grew 250…
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Environment
Pollution in the Mediterranean sea: 65% are plastic waste
The results of Floating Litter, the project conducted by the Italian institute ISPRA and Mediterranea to monitor the amount of…
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Environment
Plastic pollution and ocean acidification: there is a link
Ocean acidification and plastic pollution are two of the biggest problems facing our waters. A Spanish study showed that there…
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