Pages tagged with: circular-economy
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Plastic recycling results in rare metals being found in children’s toys and food packaging
Some of the planet’s rarest metals – used in the manufacture of smartphones and other electrical equipment – are increasingly being found in everyday consumer plastics, according to new research by the University of Plymouth.
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International study develops ground-breaking method of making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil
Dr Lee Durndell, from the University of Plymouth, has played a key role in new research which has developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel
