New technology could remotely identify various types of plastics, offering a valuable tool for future monitoring and analysis of oceanic plastic pollution. A new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar ...

One way to reduce plastic pollution in the environment is to identify different types of plastic to guarantee efficient waste management. Plastics are one of the most widely utilized products globally ...

Properly identifying the numerous types of plastic requires lifelong training, although automated identification equipment can provide crucial help. In a session at Recycling Today’s Plastics ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in January has been used for a media wave of scaremongering about plastic residue in bottled water. Its results are ...

Plastic litter has emerged as a pollutant of concern in the oceans around the world over the past few decades. Defined as plastic litter that is smaller than 5 mm, microplastic is thought to be the ...

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The prototype hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system included a pulsed 532- nm green laser and a 2D imaging spectrometer with a gated ICCD. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new ...