New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South Korea stalled. Leading the campaign against the deal were major oil ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

Increasing plastic pollution presents a significant challenge for ... All system components (monomer, carbon black, and remaining polymers/oligomers) were successfully repurposed into new PS-CB ...

THE fight against plastic waste ramps up at the start of the year with the launch of two separate movements with similar goals and strategies last January. First, the National Plastic Action ...

The fully indigenous innovation addresses India’s escalating plastic waste problem by enabling ... plastics to their molecular building blocks (oligomers), which can then be re-constituted ...

“India generates over 10.2 million tonnes of plastic waste annually ... breaking them down to their molecular building blocks (oligomers), which can then be re-constituted to create new virgin ...

This fully indigenous innovation addresses India’s escalating plastic waste problem by enabling the conversion ... by thermally breaking them down to their molecular building blocks (oligomers), which ...

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, Kerala 678623, India Physical and Chemical Biology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, Kerala ...

Their startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a ...

The Consortium unites representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs), government agencies, and businesses in a shared mission to develop sustainable, community-driven solutions to plastic ...