plastic – XiaoZhi Lim

What Grocery Stores Won’t Tell You About Plastic

HuffPost – Huge companies like Walmart could slash single-use plastics — if they really wanted to.

How Postwar Ads Got Us Hooked On ‘Disposable’ Single-Use Plastic

HuffPost – After World War II, brands encouraged a throwaway culture that’s now drowning the world in trash.

This Ocean Cleanup System Aims To Collect 50 Tons Of Plastic. But Then What?

HuffPost – If the much-hyped system is a success, the tricky question is how to deal with all the plastic waste it will bring back.

These Cultural Treasures Are Made of Plastic. Now They’re Falling Apart.

Buzz Aldrin’s spacesuit has stood alone at the National Air and Space Museum for over 12 years, after its companion Neil Armstrong’s suit was put in storage to prevent its plastic materials from deteriorating further.

New York Times – Museum conservators are racing to figure out how to preserve modern artworks and historical objects that are disintegrating.

Designing the Death of a Plastic

New York Times – Decades ago, synthetic polymers became popular because they were cheap and durable. Now, scientists are creating material that self-destructs or breaks down for reuse on command.

A Plastic That Recycles Itself

Science – Researchers report that they have designed new plastics that break down upon exposure to light.