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A graphic illustration depicting how sugar and carbon dioxide are converted into plastic. Courtesy of Georgina Gregory.

Plastic produced from sugar and carbon dioxide

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wax worm. Source: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab.

Will the wax worms lead to an ecological solution that the world is waiting for?

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Ito's home pyrolysis machine can turn our plastic waste into liquid fuel and thus reduce our dependence on external energy sources. Source: pixabay.

Make plastic fuel at home

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The blocks of concrete in New York City will also be preserved and affect the geology of the earth. Photo: Chris Chabot.

Questions for the future of humanity: What geological imprint will we leave behind?

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Source: pixabay.com.

Fuel tank filled with plastic

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A woman uses a polyurethane gun to repair a wall. Illustration: shutterstock

Vegetable oils for making bioplastics

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Moshe Abgi from the campaign to stop the use of disposable bags, 2014

where is the plastic

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Plastic joint bacterium. Photo: Beihang University, China

A bacterium from the intestines of a worm to break down plastic

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Turning rice waste into bioplastic. Illustration: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

The plastic products we use can be produced from food waste instead of oil

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Cows graze in an illegal landfill in India. Photo: shutterstock

eat plastic

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Microscopic plastic, photography using a microscope

The microscopic plastic: a danger to the beaches and to life, especially in the sea

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Delilah Leitner. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

About a third of plastic products tested emitted toxic substances

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Seaweed off the coast of Florida. Photo: from Wikipedia

Seaweed in extinction

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The shredded recycled plastic, before being processed and turned into ink cartridges. Photo: HP

HP's printing and imaging division's 'Earth Partners' program in Israel and around the world created over a billion products from recycled bottles

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A propeller into which the yellow coloring matter was injected using the new technology. Photo: Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Carbon dioxide as a filler for plastic

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John Shanklin, US Department of Energy

Raw materials for plastic from transgenic plants

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Shaul and Rene Gessner

Plastic

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Rain forests in Tana - Ecuador

Environmental updates

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Garbage on a beach in Hawaii. From Wikipedia

Are you a neighbor?

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Car fuel from thin air

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Plastic products are safe. Photo: American Chemical Society

Plastic products are safer

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Plastic from plants instead of oil

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Caution - drinking from plastic bottles can cause sexual disturbances

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Nanotechnology must be adopted, so that the plastic industry can continue to compete

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A new method for producing biodegradable plastics

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