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Periodic graphics: How is plastic recycled?

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains what happens (or doesn’t) after you throw those bottles and bags in the recycle bin

by Andy Brunning
April 19, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 17
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How is plastic recycled?

A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest

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