.The Perth bioplastics hub helping to decrease synthetic pollutionPublished 5 September 2024, 9:45 amIn only one year the world produces around 52 million tonnes of synthetic pollution. Researchers have actually used artificial intelligence to model refuse management around the planet and also what occurs to it. In Australia, three million tonnes of that plastic ends up in land fill yearly and also a research laboratory in Perth is establishing a substitute - which can malfunction without leaving behind a sign.