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One of the most direct ways that businesses can adopt circular economy practices is by providing recyclable or compostable packaging options for their products. This can not only help to reduce waste and mitigate the effects of climate change caused by single-use plastics, but also prom...
The reduction of oil prices at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak could decrease the production cost of virgin plastics, causing that plastics recycling not to be cost-effective during that period. As a high fraction of MW and PPE are plastic wastes, thermal treatment is recommended to ...
Apparently, Obama’s top economic adviser (Larry Summers) says the US is approaching the end of recession based on the number of Google searches for the term “economic depression.” This chimes with a story I read about a few months ago (but now can’t find) saying that Google thought ...
Plastics are not biodegradable. They are made of chains of polymers. Large pieces of plastics simply fragment into smaller pieces as small as confetti and sometimes smaller. But these are still polymers. These are also carried off by wind and water. Plastic debris enter the ocean from one poin...