Unexpected Ways to Repurpose Plastics

Note: I’m a student researching the root causes behind the issue of plastic pollution in the hopes of figuring out the key roadblocks in the way we solve this challenge! My team is exploring many different areas of this enormous problem and I’m writing this series of articles about our key findings. If you find this interesting and would like to see some of our other research, feel free to check out our work at theplasticshift.com

When it comes to recycling plastics, we can easily imagine the stereotypical scene: walking out to the curbside, putting the recycling…