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kODd1 TIL chemists have developed two plant-based plastic alternatives to the current fossil fuel made plastics. Using chemical recycling instead of mechanical recycling, 96% of the initial material can be recovered.
1adgO TIL Shorter workweeks lead to less smoking, thinner waistlines. For blue-collar workers, shortening the workweek by 4 hours lead to a 19% to 24% decrease in smoking. For white-collar workers, cutting the same amount of hours was associated with a 1.7% to 2.1% drop in BMI.