Nature-Inspired Tech Prevents Microplastics Entering Atlantic Ocean Through Wastewater
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The Atlantic County Utilities Authority installed microplastics-removal technology designed by Princeton alumni Nathanial Banks and Yidian Liu at its wastewater treatment plant this week, the first system of its kind in the world. The technology replicates ultrahydrophobic plants found in wetlands to trap microplastics before wastewater is discharged into the Atlantic Ocean, funded by a federal grant.
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