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Researchers from the Department of Chemistry/Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy, arguing for a rethinking of the technical, economic, and policy paradigms that have entrenched the status-quo.

A mountain of waste plastic bottles and other types of plastic waste at the Thilafushi waste disposal site in the Maldives.

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