Properly identifying the numerous types of plastic requires lifelong training, although automated identification equipment can provide crucial help. In a session at Recycling Today’s Plastics ...

Researchers use AI and advanced sensors to verify recycled plastic content with over 97% accuracy in consumer products ...

The prototype hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system included a pulsed 532- nm green laser and a 2D imaging spectrometer with a gated ICCD. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new ...

Chemicals of concern in plastics: Number of the chemicals identified as of concern, less hazardous, not hazardous, without data, and under development. The outer circle represents chemicals that are ...

Microplastics—the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down—are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health. I am a ...

Ambuj Tewari receives funding from NSF and NIH. The microplastics project is funded by the “Meet the Moment” initiative of the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down – are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health. I am a ...

It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

Finding, cultivating, and bioengineering organisms that can digest plastic not only aids in the removal of pollution, but is now also big business. Several microorganisms that can do this have already ...