The future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good
- Written by Kim Pickering, Professor of materials science and engineering, University of Waikato
Plastic pollution: discarded plastic bags are a hazard to marine life.Richard Whitcombe/Shutterstock, CC BY-NDPlastics have got themselves a bad name, mainly for two reasons: most are made from petroleum and they end up as litter in the environment.
However, both of these are quite avoidable. An increased focus on bio-derived and degradable...






