Plastic consumption has increased fourfold in last 30 years. Meanwhile, global plastic recycling rates have failed to reach two digits. Less than 10% of all the plastic ever produced hasContinue Reading
A recent study aims to use synthetic biology to address plastic pollution. Researchers have successfully engineered genetic circuits in a group of bacteria, enabling them to break down harmful plasticsContinue Reading
The beverage industry buys more than 500 billion plastic bottles – better called crude oil bottles – every year to package its products (because they’re essentially free to them, givenContinue Reading
UC Riverside engineers have developed a way to recycle plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage. Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan and theirContinue Reading
