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Flame retardants found in black plastics could have health consequences
Under the Radar Time to replace your kitchen tools
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Mushrooms and urine – the strange solutions to our plastic problem
The Explainer Over 30% of plastics are single-use prompting imaginative alternatives
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Ottawa climate talks: can global plastic problem be solved?
In the Spotlight Nations aim to draft world's first treaty on plastic pollution, but resistance from oil- and gas-producing countries could limit scope
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Why transparent wood offers 'promising future' for the environment
The Explainer New techniques that change structure of material could mean tougher and more efficient windows and phone screens
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How to fix the UK’s broken recycling system
feature There are currently 39 different bin collection regimes with different rules and regulations across 391 local authorities
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Microbes found in Alps can digest plastics at low temperatures
Speed Read Cold-weather microorganisms could offer more sustainable and cheaper way to combat pollution
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What’s caused the big stink over Britain’s sewage?
Today's Big Question Clean water a ‘politically charged issue’ as government sets outs plans to clean up rivers and coastal areas
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Why it’s so hard to fix the world’s plastics crisis
feature Campaigners urge shift from clean-up and recycling to reduction and re-use to counter explosion of plastic waste
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How did nanoplastics end up at the North and South Pole?
In Depth Researchers identify plastic particles in Arctic ice dating back to 1960s
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Is recycling a waste of time?
Pros and Cons Process has both advantages and disadvantages in push to save our planet
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Pac-man made from frog cells may solve plastic pollution
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Plastic waste ‘sexually exciting’ crabs
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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Face-mask that smells of bacon offers ‘heavenly’ experience
Speed Read And other stories from the stranger side of life
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‘City of smoke’: how the West is poisoning Indonesia’s food chain
In Depth The Southeast Asian nation is burning mountains of imported plastic waste
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