It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, ...

Black colored plastic accounts for ~15% of all plastics ... to upcycle the material and then derivatize it into a couple of common consumer products. Part of the challenge of recycling PVC ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

a common plastic. In April 2022, the company established a test facility for the process in their Chiba factory. More collaborations are underway with Kyoto University, Shimane University and The ...

Many common household items such as scented candles, plastic cutting boards, and non-stick cookware can pose serious health ...

Black colored plastic accounts for ~15% of all plastics ... mixture—“We basically spatula it in,” said Stache—and were able to upcycle the material and then derivatize it into a couple of common ...

A growing pool of studies finds concerning levels of plastic and forever chemicals in our common food items and their ...

Hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of cases of heart disease worldwide may be linked to chemicals in common plastic products, suggesting that more stringent regulations on such toxins ...

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