We recycle plastics, but what happens after we put them in the bin? (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

We recycle plastics, but what happens after we put them in the bin?

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Waste researcher at ground zero of his research field. Kim Rainer Mattson’s doctoral studies focus on what happens to our rubbish after it has been collected. 

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Photo: Sølvi W. Normannsen

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