The use of plastics on a daily basis is inherent to modern life. The most produced and utilized family of plastics are polyolefins, which are used in packaging materials, toys, lawn chairs, and extremely strong fibres and ropes. During his Ph.D. research, Simon Houben investigated how the...
This innovation does sound promising - A biotransformation technology that makes a polyethylene film biodegrade within a year also renders the material recyclable, claim scientists at Polymateria, a start-up based at Imperial College London, UK. https://www.iom3.org/resource/twinning-with-a...
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