LATimes: Some plastics should be classified as hazardous, scientists say

Not because they are, though.

“A team of 10 scientists has come up with an idea of how to make that happen: reclassify the most harmful plastic waste as hazardous material. That simple adjustment, the scientists write in the journal Nature, could trigger sweeping changes in how environmental agencies clean up plastic waste, spur innovation in polymer research and replace problematic plastics with safer ones.”

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.