plastics
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IBM Lab Accidentally Makes New Type Of Super-Strong, Recyclable Polymer
Strong, durable materials are hard to recycle — they’re designed to stand up to abuse. But research chemists at an IBM laboratory just published their discovery of a never-before-seen family of polymers that’s super strong, self-healing, lightweight, and easy to recycle. And it was discovered completely by accident.
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Behold Pepsi’s 100% Plant-Based Plastic Bottle
Soft drinks are bad for you, but plastics – especially the petroleum-based PET plastics used widely for bottles – are bad for everyone. Thankfully, after millions of dollars and years of research, Pepsi thinks it’s cracked the code on a 100 per cent plant-based PET bottle.