scientists at the nagoya institute of technology (japan) have developed a new material from plastic waste that can filter, desalinate and remove heavy metals in water using
it is no exaggeration to say that the earth is engulfed in plastic. each of the 7.6 billion people on the planet are carrying nearly 400kg of plastic on their backs.
treating plastic waste is one of the most urgent problems worldwide.
from 1950 to 2015, in just over six decades, the world produced more than 8.3 billion tons of plastic, a total weight of 25,000 empire state buildings, 381m high in the us or 1