Plastic: a Problem and a Solution

A bit of background about the impetus behind this blog Plastics are a novel material, mass-produced since the 1907 invention of Bakelite by the Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland. They …

Microplastics: the basics

Brace yourself, please—if you’ve never heard of microplastics before and you’re just learning about them for the first time here, I ask that you please resist the urge to get …