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Workers manually sort plastic waste by resin type at a materials recovery facility.

August 16, 2026

Salt and Sunlight: How Cheap Chemistry Is Rewriting Plastic’s Fate

An Oak Ridge breakthrough uses cheap molten salts to turn polyethylene into fuel below 200°C. AI-designed enzymes attack PET from the other side. The Department of Energy backs both.

Disposable clear plastic cup with lid and straw on a table, illustrating single-use plastic packaging commonly associated with polypropylene waste streams and recycling challenges.

Plastic·Sustainability

Just 1 Percent of This Plastic Ever Got Recycled — Until a 90-Job Indonesian Plant Changed That

European First · September 2025 The Plastic Nobody Could Recycle for 50 Years Just Passed Europe’s Toughest Food Safety Test 500MPP cups/year the initiative aims to keep out of the ocean 1%Post-consumer PP recycling rate — before this process 2.5B+Plastic

June 22, 2026

Airborne Microplastics Carry 16.2% of Black Carbon’s Warming Power — “IPCC Should Take Notice,” Scientists Say

Health·Plastic·Pollution

🌍 Environment · Climate The Sky Is Full of Plastic — And It’s Warming the Planet A new study delivers the most comprehensive and

Melamine Sponges Release 1.55 Trillion Microplastic Fibers Monthly — Brain Accumulation Up 50% in 8 Years, EPA Acts

Plastic·Pollution

Your Kitchen Sponge Sheds 6.5 Million Microplastic Fibers Per Gram — Scientists Are Alarmed ⚠ Microplastics Your Kitchen’s “Magic” Sponge Is Releasing Trillions of

Plastic·Pollution·Robotics

Scientists Develop A Next-Gen Robotic Fish That Can Remove Microplastics From Oceans

A research which was cited by Yuyan Wang, Gehong Su, Jin Li, Quanquan Guo, Yinggang Miao, Xinxing Zhang from Sichuan & Xi’an in China and was published by ACS Publications. It reveals

Sakshi Bafna

September 29, 2022

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