Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Plastic waste remains a global challenge due to the massive amounts being produced
without satisfactory treatment technologies for recycling and upcycling. Photocatalytic …

Plastic waste poses an ecological challenge 1, 2, 3 and enzymatic degradation offers one,
potentially green and scalable, route for polyesters waste recycling 4. Poly (ethylene …

Mitigating life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of plastics is perceived as energy intensive
and costly. We developed a bottom-up model that represents the life cycle of 90% of global …

Chemical recycling is one of the most promising technologies that could contribute to
circular economy targets by providing solutions to plastic waste; however, it is still at an early …

The role of aquatic organisms in the biological fragmentation of microplastics and their
contribution to global nanoplastic pollution are poorly understood. Here we present a …

The rapid growth of plastics production exacerbated the triple planetary crisis of habitat loss,
plastic pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Circular strategies have been …

Plastics are persistent and pervasive throughout the environment and have now been
reported from the deepest parts of the ocean to the tops of the highest and most remote …

Coral reefs are losing the capacity to sustain their biological functions. In addition to other
well-known stressors, such as climatic change and overfishing, plastic pollution is an …

Plastic depolymerization usually requires rigorous conditions such as high temperature,
high pressure, and caustic bases or acids, resulting in high energy costs and environmental …