‘There’s no point in saying, “Recycle, recycle”’: Meet Arya Satheesh, the 18-year-old who invented a plant-based plastic designed to tackle microplastic pollution
Arya Satheesh developed Eco Purge, a plant-based biodegradable plastic designed to help break down microplastics. Plastic pollution presents a difficult problem: even when discarded plastic breaks into smaller pieces, it does not necessarily disappear. These tiny fragments, known as microplastics, can persist in the environment and find their way into soil, water and living organisms….
