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In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks.

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A UMD professor is working to make drainage infrastructure more sustainable by using recycled plastics in pipes.

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Experts are warning that consumers will see a rise in prices for a variety of plastic consumer goods due to the war with Iran.