C&EN23 天
52 million tons of plastic slips into the environment every year
This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024 ...
Phys.org29 天
Composite plastic degrades easily with bacteria, offers environmental benefits
In one experiment that revealed the new plastic's strength, a 0.04-millimeter-thick strip of the material withstood a load of 6 kilograms. Moreover, the team discovered that the new material had ...
Smithsonian Magazine29 天
Humans Pollute the Environment With 57 Million Tons of Plastic Each Year, Study Suggests
Put another way, that’s about 57 million tons (52 million metric tons) of plastic waste that was not properly disposed of—and pieces of it could now be floating in the ocean, sitting at the ...
University of California29 天
New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics
The catalytic process, developed at the University of California, Berkeley, works equally well with the two dominant types of post-consumer plastic waste: polyethylene, the component of most ...
PBS29 天
The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds
The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study ...