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New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste

  • Written by Katherine Harry, PhD Student in Chemistry, Colorado State University
imageSingle-use plastics. Anton Petrus/Moment

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials scientists has developed a new method for creating and deconstructing polymers that could lead to more easily...

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