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Plastic pollution poses significant and urgent global challenges, impacting ecosystems, human health, and economies. With 6mn ...

As you read this, take a moment to look around when you step outside your home. The extent of plastic pollution is evident ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics, commonly found in bottles, fibers, and many other ...

Beyond industrial applications, microbial degradation is an essential approach to reducing plastic waste by converting polymers into environmentally benign substances. These three steps form the ...

Minister-designate for Environment, Science and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has stressed the need for a ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is ...

Researchers have discovered that carbon black in black plastic enables efficient recycling when exposed to focused light. The ...