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Now, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have come up with a method of recycling these polymers that uses ...

California became the first state to pass a plastic bag ban in 2014, but it's been blamed for making the problem worse. The ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a plastic bag bill that will ban stores from offering heavyweight "reusable" plastic bags ...

Researchers at NC State University have been working for years on using genetically-modified bacteria to break down plastics in saltwater.

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