Puzzling Out Plastics: USU Researcher Working to Understand Global Scale of Plastic Pollution
September 05, 2025
September 05, 2025
LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news:
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Puzzling Out Plastics: USU Researcher Working to Understand Global Scale of Plastic Pollution
By Lael Gilbert
From sandwich bags to tire treads, humans produce and discard about 400 million tons of plastic every year. Most of it is left behind to break down, releasing greenhouse gases and degrading into microscopic fragments that travel far beyond the point . . .
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Puzzling Out Plastics: USU Researcher Working to Understand Global Scale of Plastic Pollution
By Lael Gilbert
From sandwich bags to tire treads, humans produce and discard about 400 million tons of plastic every year. Most of it is left behind to break down, releasing greenhouse gases and degrading into microscopic fragments that travel far beyond the point . . .