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Back down to earth: Materials science professor Ting Xu is re-engineering plastics for the age of sustainability.
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Photo illustration of hands holding compostable plastic pellets

Back down to earth

Materials science professor Ting Xu is re-engineering plastics for the age of sustainability.

Photo illustration of compostable plastic by Laura Vogt