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Scientists Develop 'Magnet' to Recover Ocean Microplastics

University of Kentucky researchers find eco-friendly NADES to be key to water cleanliness and ocean plastic recycling.

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University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment researchers may have discovered a key to unlocking plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, according to a recent piece on Phys.org.

More specifically, the school’s Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) teamed with the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering to propose using natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) to collect and remove microscopic plastics from water.

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