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New mortar mix cuts building heat loss by 55%, uses recycled plastic, aerogelThe team created the mortar by replacing a portion of natural sand with a mixture of silica aerogel particles and shredded ...
Scientists have found methods to convert plastic waste into valuable chemicals. One approach breaks plastics into olefins for ...
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
Here’s the thing—polyethylene and polypropylene ... breaking them down into their hydrocarbon building blocks. Basically, they’re turning old plastic back into the raw materials needed ...
The innovative chemical procedure turns the ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon "building blocks" for new ... two dominant types of consumer plastic waste: polyethylene, the component of ...
Most of the plastics found were nano-sized shards or flakes of polyethylene ... protective filter called the blood-brain barrier that blocks many harmful pathogens and toxins.
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