The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research. Scientists investigating …read more Source:: Science
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‘Infinitely’ recyclable polymer shows practical properties of plastics
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•The world fell in love with plastics because they’re cheap, convenient, lightweight and long- lasting. For these same reasons, plastics are now trashing the Earth. Chemists have just announced another …read more Source:: Science
More than 8. 3 billion tons of plastics made: Most has now been discarded
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•Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or …read more Source:: Science