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- 1Scientists Turn Plastic Into Hydrogen Fuel Using Solar Panels▼Scientists Just Used Solar Panels To Convert Plastic Into Hydrogen Fuel — Here's How
Researchers have reported using solar panels to convert plastic waste into hydrogen fuel, according to a new report. The approach could offer a double benefit: reducing plastic pollution while producing clean energy. Details on how the process works are drawing interest, with the method combining sunlight-driven technology with plastic recycling to generate hydrogen.
- 2Plastic pollution is clogging the Great Lakes▼Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters
Plastic pollution is emerging as a serious environmental problem in the Great Lakes, the report says, with waste accumulating in the waters that supply drinking water to tens of millions of people in the United States and Canada. The investigation describes how plastics of all sizes, from bottles to microplastics, are collecting in the lakes and the challenges of cleaning them up.
- 3Inside Madagascar's ubiquitous gony plastic sack business●Inside the business of gony bags, Madagascar's ubiquitous plastic sacks
A report examines the gony bag, the woven plastic sack found across Madagascar and used for carrying goods, storage and transport of crops. The piece looks at how these sacks are made, traded and distributed, and their role in everyday commerce and the informal economy. It also touches on the wider question of plastic waste and the environmental burden such sacks create.