Efforts are accelerating to commercialize a "supramolecular plastic" developed by a University of Tokyo-led team. The plastic dissolves easily in seawater and does not generate microplastics.

At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, Northeastern University researchers have developed a new plastic that ...

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The retailer said the move follows the removal of 25,000t of plastic since the start of its Act For Food programme.