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Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide

By combining a solar fuel cell that converts carbon dioxide into fuel with a plastic recycling system, researchers can create sustainable fuels and useful chemicals

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Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

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Plastic wrap made from seaweed withstands heat and is compostable

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Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

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Scientists convert Super Glue monomers into recyclable plastics

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Recyclable plastic made from super glue could replace polystyrene

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Microplastic pollution of the sea

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Trapping powder quickly removes all microplastics from water

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Compostable plastic that has not fully disintegrated in a compost bin

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Most ‘home compostable’ plastic doesn’t break down in garden bins

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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

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Could wax worm saliva be the answer to plastic waste?

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Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

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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 chemical used in fragrances and medicines

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Chemicals from plastic bag pollution could unbalance ecology of lakes

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

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Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

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Zapping scrap plastic from cars can turn it into recyclable graphene

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