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Wax worm saliva breaks down plastic and could be answer to plastic wasteWax worm saliva breaks down plastic and could be answer to plastic waste

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Could wax worm saliva be the answer to plastic waste?

Spanish scientists have isolated unique plastic-eating enzymes from the common wax worm

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A giant pile of plastic waste

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Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

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Polystyrene boxes

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Simple chemistry can recycle polystyrene into more valuable products

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Recycling dead trees could cut carbon emissions in US cities

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A plastic bottle littering a beach in Melbourne, Australia. Sunset and horizon line in the background.

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Plastic litter on Australian beaches cut by 29 per cent over six years

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Zophobas morio

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Polystyrene-eating beetle larvae could help us recycle plastics

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Graphene

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Zapping scrap plastic from cars can turn it into recyclable graphene

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Wood for recycling

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Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

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tiny glass spheres in coal fly ash that contain rare earth elements

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Rare earth elements for smartphones can be extracted from coal waste

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Janez Potočnik interview: How a circular economy can help us go green

A sustainable future means using less stuff more wisely – but politicians aren’t yet grasping the nettle, says the head of the UN International Resource Panel

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Six graphics that reveal what materials we consume – and what we waste

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The end of waste: The grand plan to build a truly circular economy

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How to cut material use in buildings, clothes, electronics and plastic

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