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Think feedstocks first

Katarina Babić reflects on the need to account for variability in plastic waste feedstocks when designing plastic upcycling and recycling processes.

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Babić, K. Think feedstocks first. Nat Chem Eng 1, 261 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00040-6

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