Charles Darwin University
Nanoplastic exposure can impair the cognitive abilities of fish and could lead to significant impacts on marine species’ ability to survive, according to a new international study.
Edith Cowan University
Shopping bags and milk bottles could form an integral part of critical infrastructure, new research has found.
Charles Sturt University
A team of researchers have discovered the surprising health effects of plastic ingestion on the organs and brains of Australian seabird chicks.
Edith Cowan University
ECU Engineering lecturer Dr Masoumeh Zargar's research has developed high-tech membrane filters to remove dangerous microplastics from aquatic and wastewater treatment systems.
The University of Sydney
Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney.