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Science’s plastic waste problem – how to find less polluting ways to work

Plastic waste problem in science
Plastic waste problem in science. © Daniel Stier at Twenty Twenty and Miren Marañón at East Photographic for Mosaic

Gloves, sample tubes, bottles, and vials – the world’s labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year. Alice Bell meets the scientists who are finding less polluting ways to work.

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