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Developing Countries Turn Away From Plastic Waste Imports
Will an amendment to the Basel Convention staunch the global flow of plastic waste?
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Biodegradable Artwork Graces Paris Park
A vast artwork showing a line of clasped hands at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris will be formally unveiled on Saturday.
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Researchers Convert PET Waste in Aerogel
PRESS RELEASE – NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial with wide-ranging applications
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Fraud and Crime in the European Recycling Industry?
The plastics recycling industry is being investigated for one of the largest environmental fraud.
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Suez Proposes Pay-as-you-Throw to Help Recycling in the UK
Suez suggests a “pay-as-you-throw” system for household rubbish in the UK by 2030 to drive a recycling revolution.
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Completely and Infinitely Recyclable Polymer is a Breakthrough
Colorado State University chemists have announced in the Journal Science another major step toward waste-free and sustainable materials that could one day compete with conventional plastics of fossil origin or with some “green conventional” plastics made with sugar like green PE.
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New Process for Biodegradable Plastics Production Using Sugar and CO2
Biodegradable plastics of the polycarbonate family could be made with sugar and carbon dioxide and thus replacing fossil carbon based polycarbonates. The Center for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath can be credited for this innovation.
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