Chemistry
Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour cookies
Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns
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Chemistry
Plastic can be programmed to have a lifespan of days, months or years
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Chemistry
Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle
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Chemistry
Nanoparticles may be the secret ingredient in making ultimate plastics
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Environment
A radical idea to fix plastics recycling
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Environment
How to tackle environmental issues when the world can’t agree
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Environment
Should we give up on recycling plastic?
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Visualising Britain’s fashion waste problem with cyanotype photography
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Life
Birds’ nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 30 years ago
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Environment
Engineered bacteria could break down unrecyclable nylon in clothes
Clothes and fishing nets that are made of nylon often end up in landfill or dumped in oceans, but a new way to break down the plastic could improve recycling
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Health
Is recycled plastic in utensils and toys really a big health concern?
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Health
Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide
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Environment
What will it take to solve our planet’s plastic pollution crisis?
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Health
How much should we worry about the health effects of microplastics?
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