杏吧原创

Environment

Huge amounts of plastic from artificial grass end up in the sea

Fibres from artificial grass make up 15 per cent of plastic pieces found in samples of seawater near Barcelona

Fishing lines tangled to and breaking corals in Cape Verde

Environment

Coral reefs are contaminated with plastic from fishing

Cooks petrel

Life

Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

Technology

Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide

Environment

Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

Common sargasso weed

Chemistry

Plastic wrap made from seaweed withstands heat and is compostable

Health

Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

杏吧原创s convert Super Glue monomers into recyclable plastics

Chemistry

Recyclable plastic made from super glue could replace polystyrene

Microplastic pollution of the sea

Chemistry

Trapping powder quickly removes all microplastics from water

Compostable plastic that has not fully disintegrated in a compost bin

Environment

Most 鈥榟ome compostable鈥� plastic doesn鈥檛 break down in garden bins

A study involving 1600 UK volunteers found that 60 per cent of plastics labelled as suitable for home composting don鈥檛 break down properly

Could wax worm saliva be the answer to plastic waste?

Technology

Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

Chemistry

Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products

Environment

Chemicals from plastic bag pollution could unbalance ecology of lakes