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A joint research team has developed a technology to produce high-value-added plastic raw materials called dicarboxylic acids (α,ω-diacids) by recycling mixed waste plastics. The work is published in ...
A group of 30 French and European experts worked on the collective scientific assessment[1], drawing on a corpus of over 4,500 international scientific publications as well as statistics and ...
“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...
Plastic production is a massive source of greenhouse-gas emissions. I remember using a princess toothbrush when I was little. The handle was purple, teal, and sparkly. Like most of the other pieces of ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a ...
In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...
Paul Einhäupl is a research associate of the Systemic Risks Group at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany. Linda Del Savio is a ...
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