Nov 23, 2025 A nitrogen cycling bacterium turns toxic solvent wastewater into biodegradable plastic, using the solvent itself to block competing microbes and enable stable nonsterile production. (Nanowerk Spotlight) After solvents clean microchips, after chemicals rinse pharmaceutical reactors, after plastics are shaped and molded, the resulting wastewater carries what is...
How chemistry could finally fix the mixed plastics problem
Nov 23, 2025 A new recycling method breaks mixed plastics into their building blocks and selectively rebuilds each one, turning multilayer packaging and complex waste into usable materials again. (Nanowerk Spotlight) At the edge of most recycling facilities, there is a pile no one wants to deal with. It is...