Creating a better plastic (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Creating a better plastic

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Carolina chemists develop a way to modify common polymers used in grocery bags, water and soda bottles and packaging to make it easier -- and more profitable -- to recycle plastic.

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Jon Gardiner/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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