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Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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A wholly sustainable plastics economy is feasible - A Wholly Sustainable Plastics Economy is Feasible      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study shows what it will take for the plastics industry to become completely sustainable: lots ...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics
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Team recycles previously unrecyclable plastic - Team Recycles Previously Unrecyclable Plastic      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have discovered a way to chemically recycle PVC into usable material, finding a way to u...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Plastic pollution in the oceans is an equity issue - Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is an Equity Issue      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A new report and upcoming international virtual event addresses the unequal burden of marine plastic ...

Biology: Microbiology
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Bacteria really eat plastic - Bacteria Really Eat Plastic: A Breakthrough in Waste Management      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic. ABSTRACT: Bacteria Really Eat Pla ...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Sunlight pulps the plastic soup - Sunlight Pulp the Plastic Soup: A Revolutionary Solution to Plastic Pollution      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Environmental scientists calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappears ...

Space: Exploration
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Satellites and light reflections help researchers spot coastal plastic waste - Satellites and Light Reflections Help Researchers Spot Coastal Plastic Waste      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic waste on remote beaches that are not visibl ...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Making renewable, infinitely recyclable plastics using bacteria      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists engineered microbes to make the ingredients for recyclable plastics -- replacing finite, ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography
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A large percentage of European plastic sent to Vietnam ends up in nature      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Despite strict EU regulations on plastic recycling, there is little oversight on plastic waste shipp ...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Plastic pollution kills sea urchin larvae - Plastic Pollution Kills Sea Urchin Larvae: A Growing Threat to Marine Ecosystems      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental abnormalities, ...

Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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New recycling process could find markets for 'junk' plastic waste      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, m ...