Phys.org

Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can't degrade them

Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world's oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop ...
Carnegie Mellon University

Recycling by Ear: Heinz College Students Use Sound To Sort Plastic and Cut Costs

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...
Gizmodo

Gizmodo Science Fair: Bacteria-Created Plastic That Can Be Recycled Forever

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...
Yahoo

Researchers develop next-gen material with potential to replace plastics: 'This work will create new … strategies'

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, have started a multiyear project to develop new types of plastic that can be used for a wide range of applications — then, it can all be ...
NBC New York

Recycling Plastic Can Be a Little Confusing. Here's What the Numbers Inside the Recycling Symbol Mean

Only 4.7% of plastic produced by U.S. households in 2021 was recycled, according to a Greenpeace USA report. But that's not for lack of consumer participation. Greenpeace said most plastics simply ...
The Conversation

Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...