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Bioengineered microorganisms offer new tool for plastic waste breakdown

Phys.org
Rice University scientists have tapped into nature's adhesive genius—the sticky power of mussels—to create bioengineered microorganisms with...
3 days ago

New law prohibits Illinois hotels from providing plastic toiletry bottles

The Columbia Chronicle
By next summer, Illinois hotels will no longer be allowed to offer small plastic toiletry bottles under a new law that goes into effect July...
6 days ago

Purple bacteria offer path to more sustainable plastic | NSF

National Science Foundation (.gov)
Scientist Arpita Bose and her colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), Missouri, found that PHA production by the...
4 weeks ago

Bacteria in wastewater breakdown plastic, offering new cleanup solutions

Smart Water Magazine
Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban...
6 days ago

California combats climate change: New legislation and ExxonMobil lawsuit take on plastic pollution

Cronkite News
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a plastic bag ban Sunday. Meanwhile, the state and nonprofits are suing ExxonMobil for alleged deception...
2 weeks ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law banning grocery stores from offering plastic bags

Sacramento Bee
California has officially banned plastic bags at the grocery store. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1053 into law over the weekend.
2 weeks ago

Gov. Newsom Signs Law Banning Grocery Stores From Providing Plastic Bags

Times of San Diego
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday banning plastic bags from being provided at grocery stores, in a move that supporters...
2 weeks ago

New law bans stores from providing plastic grocery bags — even recyclable ones

Long Beach Post
California Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a bill banning plastic bags from being provided at grocery stores, in a move supporters say will...
2 weeks ago

Newsom signs California plastic grocery bag ban

The Hill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Sunday that will prevent grocery stores from providing plastic bags to customers beginning in...
2 weeks ago

How Might Harris Handle Plastic Pollution? A Recent Policy Shift Provides Insight.

The Well News
How Might Harris Handle Plastic Pollution? A Recent Policy Shift Provides Insight. Opinions | The Well News | Pragmatic, Governance,...
1 week ago