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FutureBio is tackling the problem of plastic pollution head-on by creating what its co-founder describes as a new kind of plastic.

Different from both the petroleum-based and the biodegradable ones now in use, it is not only durable but also bio-renewable and easier to recycle, said Zilong Wang. 

“It proposes a different and a novel plastic, which is different from all other kinds of plastic,” he said. 

Worldwide, only about 9% of today’s plastic is actually recycled. Most of the rest, millions

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