Due to the growing landfill issue and their inadequate recycling methods, particularly with soft plastics that can easily get entangled in waste separation machinery, new recycling measures are currently being developed: robotics. According to Phys.org, researchers from the Centre for Internet of Things (IoT) and Telecommunications at the University of Sydney are creating an automatic…
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Plastic Waste To Increase By 2040
With the open discussions on pollution, I’ve become more consciously aware of how my actions affect the environment. And recent news coming out of Science and Science Alert highlights this ever-growing problem. Plastic pollution is a problem that’s growing throughout the globe, with 710 million metric tons of plastic entering aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; oceans, lakes,…