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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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Can a new way to recycle cars create a circular motor industry?

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Machine recycles scrap aluminium directly into vehicle parts

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A robot learning how to sorting rubbish in a Google office

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Google robot learns to sort the recyclables left in office waste bins

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Beads of microplastic from a cosmetic facial scrub

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Microplastics can be recycled to make electrodes for lithium batteries

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Ganoderma lucidum growing on dying wood

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Computer chip made using mushroom skin could be easily recycled

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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

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Recycling dead trees could cut carbon emissions in US cities

A proposal to make better use of fallen leaves and dead trees in urban areas in the US could cut carbon emissions, though it may not be practical

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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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Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

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