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Fishing lines tangled to and breaking corals in Cape Verde

Environment

Coral reefs are contaminated with plastic from fishing

Plastic was found at nearly all of the 84 coral reefs studied across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans

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Cooks petrel

Life

Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

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Technology

Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide

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Environment

Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

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Common sargasso weed

Chemistry

Plastic wrap made from seaweed withstands heat and is compostable

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Health

Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

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Scientists convert Super Glue monomers into recyclable plastics

Chemistry

Recyclable plastic made from super glue could replace polystyrene

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Microplastic pollution of the sea

Chemistry

Trapping powder quickly removes all microplastics from water

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Compostable plastic that has not fully disintegrated in a compost bin

Environment

Most ‘home compostable’ plastic doesn’t break down in garden bins

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Wax worm saliva breaks down plastic and could be answer to plastic wasteWax worm saliva breaks down plastic and could be answer to plastic waste

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Could wax worm saliva be the answer to plastic waste?

Spanish scientists have isolated unique plastic-eating enzymes from the common wax worm

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Technology

Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

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Chemistry

Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products

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Environment

Chemicals from plastic bag pollution could unbalance ecology of lakes

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Environment

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

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