Princeton University alumni use new technology to treat microplastics at Atlantic City wastewater plant

Source Scout · WHYY reports: Take in a slice of Americana with critically acclaimed host Ira Glass on "This American Life." Each week he picks a theme, then gives his writers and performers the freedom to weave real stories from real people around that theme. The new technology aims to prevent microplastics from entering the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic County Utilities Authority are removing microplastics from wastewater with new technology designed by former Princeton University graduate students. (Courtesy PolyGone Systems) PennEnvironment and Drexel University researchers found microplastics in more than 20 waterways across the watershed.

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