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Researchers Adam Guss and Melissa Tumen-Velasquez work with microbes to understand how the organisms consume plastics and break them into chemical components that can be used to make higher-value products.

ORNL joins effort to make plastic more recyclable

November 24, 2020

From soda bottles to car bumpers to piping, electronics, and packaging, plastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives.