Plastic pollution is a major threat to human survival, with more than six hundred thousand tons of plastics on Earth. 2 In an effort to reduce the concentration of conventional plastics, scientists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Global plastic production has increased from 369 million tons in 2016 to 404.5 million metric tons in 2020, partly due to ...

Biodegradable plastics are sold as a simple fix for a world drowning in packaging, but the reality is far messier than the marketing suggests. Labels that promise bags, cups, and utensils will ...

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and strength. In seawater (and in soil, not depicted), resalting ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by mid-century but only if cities and companies invest in the right disposal ...

Bronwyn Laycock currently receives funding from the Australian Research Council (through a Discovery Project), Gold Coast City Council, The Qld Govt, DFAT and the Innovation Connections scheme ...

There are no great solutions to the problem of throwaway plastics. They can clog up landfills for centuries, or get dumped into rivers and break down into toxic microplastics. Incineration produces ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by mid-century but only if cities and companies invest in the right disposal ...