25 things in your basement that a professional organizer would throw out

Stocking up on random items is easy, but decluttering the basement and starting fresh is hard. Here’s what an expert ...
Earth.com

Borrowing a trick from nature may solve plastic pollution

Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...
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Scientists discover incredible way to make plastic materials nearly indestructible — and then completely disappear

"Future research can build on these results." Scientists discover incredible way to make plastic materials nearly indestructible — and then completely disappear first appeared on The Cool Down.
IEEE

Optimizing Plastic Waste Collection in Water Bodies Using Heterogeneous Autonomous Surface Vehicles With Deep Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: This letter presents a model-free deep reinforcement learning framework for informative path planning with heterogeneous fleets of autonomous surface vehicles to locate and collect plastic ...
CNET

Is It Ever Safe to Microwave Plastic? I Asked a Few Experts to Weigh In

Microplastics can leach into food through various mechanisms, so what about the microwave? I asked a professor of public health and a toxicologist about the risks and how to nuke safely in 2025.