As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...
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Experts identify multiple interlinked reasons why recycling is failing: Inefficient recycling plants – Processes such as ...
1. Inefficient recycling plants During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics.
Researchers found a way to turn plastic waste into the main ingredient in vinegar using sunlight and a simple iron based material.