recycling
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Environment
Poor countries are recycling far more imported plastic than previously thought, but it’s not enough
Total import volume, trade value, and average unit price of plastic waste paid by the top 22 importers from 2013 to 2022. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51923-4 Countries like Malaysia import tons of plastic waste from Europe every year, paying pennies per kilogram. This may seem strange, but Kai Li says it makes sense. “Residents in the Netherlands pay…
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Biology
Researchers identify a novel endocytic recycling mechanism via ‘kiss-and-run’ membrane fusion
Identification of intracellular clathrin-associated carriers that transiently visit the plasma membrane. Credit: Nature Cell Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01499-4 Endocytosis and recycling control the uptake and retrieval of a variety of materials in eukaryotic cells. Mammalian cells have developed several recycling pathways, including the “fast” and “slow” tubular vesicle recycling pathways, which have been relatively extensively studied. However, endocytic recycling pathways…
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