May 2019
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Plastic poisons ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world's oxygen and prop up the marine food chain
By Petra Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, and Philippa Kearney, PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath. We’ve all seen the impact of our plastic addiction. It’s hard to miss the...
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When biodegradable plastic is not biodegradable
By Isabel Thomlinson, PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the...