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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought ...

There's a newcomer in the movement to kick plastic to the curb during Mardi Gras season. While some have looked to paper or even algae as biodegradable alternatives, Jerome Milton's Houston-based ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been ...