All plastic articles – Page 5
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ResearchPlastic waste upcycled to high-value chemicals in one-pot process
Polyethylene chains are broken down and aromatised to produce valuable alkylaromatic products
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OpinionLetters: September 2020
Readers continue to debate Tomáš Hudlický’s Angewandte Chemie article, and wax lyrical about water and waste
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ResearchDesigner plastic can be recycled over and over again
Bicyclic thiolactone building block makes for high-quality polymers with chemical recyclability
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ArticleSustainable solutions for plastics: the future role of lignins
Could lignins provide a sustainable alternative to petroleum in plastics development?
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ArticleNow 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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ArticleSafety 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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ArticleEco-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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ArticleEngineering a green approach to analytical chemistry
Six decades of industry insight and research partnerships inform Waters’ green analytical chemistry
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ResearchElectrochemistry steers microplastics management in the right direction
Microchannel with strategically placed wires sorts plastic particles according to type
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OpinionAddressing the plastics problem
Sustainability must be fully incorporated into material design
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FeatureThe 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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ResearchSpectroscopy 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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OpinionPlastics and pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority but the plastic problem isn’t going away
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OpinionReducing 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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BusinessTaking responsibility for waste
How well are companies that produce and use plastics living up to their duty?
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FeaturePlastic 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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PodcastTerephthalic 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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ReviewExhibition: 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.