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If you’re one of those green-minded folks who recycles everything in your house, that’s great! You’re doing your part to minimize your impact and to keep valuable resources from ending up in the landfill.

Unfortunately, most of the materials that humans recycle weren’t designed to be recycled. Even materials such as glass, aluminum, plastic, and paper still require complex machinery and large inputs of energy in order to make them recyclable.

This statement isn’t intended to discourage you from recycling, but rather to highlight the need to use materials that are easily recyclable in the first place. In addition, some people might assume that it’s okay to continue buying single-use plastic, because they know they will recycle it, but this strategy just perpetuates the linear economic cycle. Instead, we need to engineer innovative new materials that are designed to be recycled.

AirCarbon is a new, alternative plastic, made by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This alternative is carbon-negative: It uses no fossil fuels and can be made into virtually any product that would normally use plastic. At the end of its life, the AirCarbon can be collected and remade into new products again and again. For more on AirCarbon, check out its manufacturer's website at www.newlight.com.