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Revolutionary Plant-Based Polymers Promise To Break the Microplastic Cycle


A new study indicates that plant-based polymers can degrade within a seven-month period. Microplastics are tiny, nearly indestructible fragments shed from everyday plastic products. As we learn more about microplastics, the news keeps getting worse. Already well-documented in our oceans and soil, w

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