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Though plastics are all around (and even inside) us, their ubiquity isn’t always obvious. “It’s not transparent what is plastic and what isn’t anymore,” notes Kathleen Hetrick, the sustainable ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

Is plastic recyclable? Learn about recycling codes for plastic, how many times can plastic be recycled, and types of plastic decomposition including bacteria-eating plastic and plastic-eating fungus ...