Chemists at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are designing the “death of a plastic”, by building polymers with a self-destruct mechanism. It is great to see polymer chemists working to address issues like micro-plastics in the food chain or marine animal deaths from ingesting plastic waste.
Full articles at:
Sydney Morning Herald 10aug18 or
New York Times 06aug18
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/science/plastics-polymers-pollution.html?emc=edit_th_180807&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=323232630807