Ecology
Revolutionary discovery: Plastic that decomposes in the sea
From Japan comes a revolutionary material that could solve one of the biggest environmental problems of today - ocean pollution with plastic
Nutrition
Traces of plastic in us
Small particles of plastic are in almost every food we eat. What does it do to us and what should we do? "Vreme" sought answers from scientists
Ecology
A plastic bottle that disappears in a month: The revolution of Chinese scientists
Chinese scientists have invented a new way of making plastic bottles that decompose in just a month. The key to accelerated decomposition lies in the fact that the bottle actually contains "seeds of self-destruction" - a bacterial spore that feeds on plastic waste