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"Gillbert", a robotic fish designed by student Eleanor Mackintosh, sucks up microplastics to sample, recycle and minimize pollution in waterways.

One study found that clear wood could be a more sustainable alternative to glass or plastic, typically used for car windshields, packaging and biomedical devices.

The use of algae as wrappers also reaches coffee: a sphere without packaging, aluminum, or plastic can be the capsule of the future.

Against a plastic nightmare, only the light of human ingenuity can try to reverse the course. Here are 4 inventions that can clean seas and rivers of all this waste.

Among many good intentions (we appreciate, but await facts), the OSCE draws up a disturbing document. In less than 40 years, plastic production will triple.

Plastic recycling in the US (Europe is better off, but that's not enough) doesn't work, and it will never work. We need more, says a strong report.

An extraordinary enzyme reduces the breakdown time of plastic from millennia to a few hours, and also allows it to be reassembled for recycling.

Self-healing plastic can be used in smartphones, cars and many other products, significantly reducing waste and pollution.

A recycling center in the Sahara Desert is transforming excess plastic into furniture and objects useful for common life

The next time you are in Lucca and you see some old tetrapak on the ground, know that they will become street furniture: a smart way to keep the city beautiful.