single-use-plastics

Enzyme in laundry detergent can help recycle single-use plastics in 24 hours: Study

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NEW DELHI: Scientists have developed a novel method that uses enzymes found in laundry detergents for recycling single-use bioplastics in disposable items such as coffee cups and food containers. The method, described in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, uses the enzymes to “depolymerise”-or break down-landfill-bound bioplastics into soluble fragments within just 24 hours. The … Read more

Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

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As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine communities. The results, you could say, blew their socks off. “It was such, like, an astonishing result that we … Read more