Plastic-eating worms could offer a solution to decompose plastic waste. “Today Americans discard about 33.6 million tons of plastic each year, but only 6.5 percent of it is recycled and 7.7 percent is combusted in waste-to-energy facilities which create electricity or heat from garbage. The rest ends up in landfills where it may take up […]
Small Plastic Causing a Big Problem (Young Talents Making Way)
Plastic pollution is a global issue which is raising concern for the health of marine and land ecosystems. Smaller microplastics 5mm are particularly problematic as they can be consumed by marine creatures as small as plankton. Beascuse plastic is hydrophobic, it absorbs pollutants like polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and can act as a vector to […]