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ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles ... PET is used to make water and soft ...

More information: Taeeun Kwon et al, Unraveling the role of water in mechanism changes for economically viable catalytic plastic upcycling, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024 ...

Tens of thousands of empty plastic water bottles from the water shortage that hit Conwy last will be collected by council recycling teams - but only if they are in clear bin bags. Last week a ...

As a doctoral student, Kaner contributed to the discovery of electrically conductive plastic by his advisors Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger, who later received a Nobel Prize for their work. Other ...

Some water-bottling companies in South Sudan halted production after the government introduced a tax on plastic materials. Factories have run out of plastic bottles following a standoff with ...

the PET content wasn’t the most prevalent plastic. This means the bottles might not be the largest culprit for the plastics in the water. It’s unclear what these microplastics mean overall for ...

In other natural disasters like floods or earthquakes, city officials may recommend boiling water before using. Breaking of pipes or inundation in those situations might introduce harmful bacteria ...