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PLAinly Put, Gary Smith, UG '26, Grace Anne McCooey, UG '26, and Eli Soffer, UG '26 (3993890)

The US produces well over 35 million tons of plastic each year, largely in part due to the great demand for single-use plastics. Polylactic acid, or PLA, is a popular alternative to fossil-fuel-based…

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Plastic Plastic, Yidian Liu and Nathaniel Banks, GS (2312094)

Every year, 150 million tonnes of plastic leaches into the world’s oceans. The extent of oceanic plastic contamination is rapidly approaching a critical level where there will soon be more…

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