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Will the fifth Global Plastic Treaty talks finally seal a deal?
Global plastic production has increased over 200-fold to hit almost 460 million tonnes annually since 1950. ADVERTISEMENT The Global Plastics…
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Microplastics trigger major concern ahead of UN treaty talks
As officials from nearly 200 countries convened in Colombia this week to discuss implementing a global pact to reverse biodiversity…
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Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products
UV light plus aluminium chloride as a catalyst can break down polystyrene so that it can be turned into a…
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‘Superworms’ Eat—and Survive on—Polystyrene
One of the noticeable things about microbiologist Christian Rinke’s laboratory is the startlingly loud crunching noise of wormlike larvae chewing…
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We Need a Global Plastics Treaty to Stop an Environmental Disaster
A dump truck’s worth of plastic enters our oceans every minute. Tiny bits of plastic are in many of the…
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