All plastic articles – Page 5
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Article
Now you see it... Wrapping that dissolves in water
Whether it’s recyclable, compostable or repulpable, Kuraray has all product and packaging needs covered
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Article
Safety and sustainability of plastic: How the circular economy is relevant
Global warming and ocean pollution are among the most publicly discussed topics in society today – and a circular economy relevant to both
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Article
Eco-packaging solutions that begin and end their life cycle in the ground
Plant-based packaging that can be recycled or home-composted makes design for circularity a realistic goal
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Article
Engineering a green approach to analytical chemistry
Six decades of industry insight and research partnerships inform Waters’ green analytical chemistry
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Research
Electrochemistry steers microplastics management in the right direction
Microchannel with strategically placed wires sorts plastic particles according to type
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Opinion
Addressing the plastics problem
Sustainability must be fully incorporated into material design
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Feature
The plastic sorting challenge
Before we can recycle many plastics, they must be sorted into separate streams. Angeli Mehta finds out how
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Research
Spectroscopy from space lets satellites spy out ocean plastic patches
The technique could show where and how floating plastic patches form, and raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans
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Opinion
Plastics and pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority but the plastic problem isn’t going away
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Opinion
Reducing plastic waste in the lab
It’s time to confront the amount of plastic that’s thrown away by scientists each year
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Business
Taking responsibility for waste
How well are companies that produce and use plastics living up to their duty?
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Feature
Plastic recycling heading for the mainstream
Nina Notman talks to some of the companies launching chemical recycling technologies for single-use plastics
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Podcast
Terephthalic acid
Once thought of as an interesting – but useless – turpentine derivative, this oddly-named acid became the precursor to one of the world’s most widely used plastics
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Review
Exhibition: Plastic
This exhibition wrestles with the conundrums of plastic – cheap to make, expensive to dispose of; it can last forever, but is often used only once.
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News
Dearth of vital microplastics research on North American fisheries
Most microplastic studies on commercially-important fishery species come from Europe, Asia and South America
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RSC
The future of chemistry: Science Horizons and Chemistry Means Business
Hundreds of scientists contributed to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Science Horizons report to build a picture of the challenges and opportunities the next generation will bring
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Research
Glucose derivative replaces BPA in sustainable polycarbonate plastic
Transparent engineered plastic ditches hormone disruptor and lung irritant
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News
Concerns raised over ‘regrettable’ BPA substitutions
Research indicates chemicals used as alternatives to bisphenol A in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins aren’t always safer