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A plastic bottle littering a beach in Melbourne, Australia. Sunset and horizon line in the background.

Environment

Plastic litter on Australian beaches cut by 29 per cent over six years

Australia has substantially reduced plastic pollution on its beaches through local initiatives like installing more bins and community clean-up events

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Environment

Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

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Graphene

Chemistry

Zapping scrap plastic from cars can turn it into recyclable graphene

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

Environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

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Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

Chemistry

Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

Features

Plastic garbage collected research plot to assess plastic pollution Eastern Island Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Environment

Countries agree to end plastic pollution in ambitious global treaty

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Are we on the verge of a global initiative to clean up ocean plastics?

Environment

Are we on the verge of a global initiative to clean up ocean plastics?

Comment

Plastic food packaging gets a bad rap, but does it always deserve it?

Environment

Plastic food packaging gets a bad rap, but does it always deserve it?

Comment

Self-healing plastic repairs itself in 10 seconds even under water

Video

Self-healing plastic repairs itself in 10 seconds even under water

Video

A green rubbish bin being loaded onto a refuse cart in the UK

Environment

Call for English households with bulging waste bins to pay extra

Stalled recycling rates in England could be lifted through a bin tax, giving people a financial incentive to send less waste to landfill and reducing collections of waste, says an expert group appointed by the UK government

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Technology

3D-printed chain mail alternates between flexibility and rigidity

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Environment

Common plastics can be broken down by enzymes found in cow stomachs

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Environment

Compostable plastic cutlery can be recycled into home-insulating foam

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Environment

Plastic bottles holding 2.3 litres are least harmful to the planet

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