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Scientists Just Engineered Bacteria That Make Biodegradable Plastic
Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the ...
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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds
Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...
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Can Hemp Replace Plastic?
Hemp-based plastics are emerging as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-derived materials. With biodegradability and ...
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Strong, flexible ‘nylon’ made by engineered bacteria for the first time
Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.
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A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem
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Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat
It could be made to accommodate many of them ... converting plastic waste into usable products could help lower the production demand for new plastics from petroleum hydrocarbons. The byproducts could ...
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Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsubishi Electric Start Collaboration for Use of Biomass Plastics in Home Appliances
Biomass plastics made from biomass chemicals are considered to have the following characteristics compared to petroleum-derived plastics. CO2 emissions could be reduced throughout their life cycle ...