Earth Day Webinar with John Warner
On April 22nd at noon (EDT), Beyond Benign will be holding an Earth Day webinar. The webinar is titled "We Are All In This Together: Why chemists and non-chemists must join forces to invent a future we can all be proud of." This webinar is part of a series of Green Chemistry Education webinars. You can register for the webinar here: https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/we-are-all-in-this-together-why-chemists-and-non-chemists-must-join-forces-to-build-a-future-we-can-all-be-pro
Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment
This perspective paper by Ali Chamas, Hyunjin Moon, Jiajia Zheng, Yang Qiu, Tarnuma Tabassum, Jun Hee Jang, Mahdi Abu-Omar, Susannah L. Scott, and Sangwon Suh reviews the degradation rates of different plastics in the environment. As plastics are continuing to accumulate at a rapid pace, it is important to consider the degradation rates, particularly in the process of design. You can read "Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment" here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.102
