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Nanotechnology for Plastic Degradation
Summary
Researchers reviewed nanotechnology-based approaches for degrading plastics in the environment, examining how nanomaterials and nano-catalysts can accelerate the breakdown of persistent polymer waste. Deploying nanotechnology for plastic degradation could help address the millions of tonnes entering oceans annually and reduce the ongoing fragmentation of macroplastics into health-hazardous micro- and nanoplastic particles.
Plastic pollution has become one of the greatest environmental problems nowadays as the production of throwaway plastic items outpaces our ability to dispose it of properly. Millions of tonnes of plastics are recklessly dumped into the oceans each year. It takes a...