.The Perth bioplastics hub aiding to reduce synthetic pollutionPublished 5 September 2024, 9:45 amIn just one year the planet creates around 52 thousand tonnes of synthetic pollution. Scientists have used artificial intelligence to model misuse administration around the planet and also what happens to it. In Australia, 3 million tonnes of that plastic ends up in dumping ground every year and a laboratory in Perth is actually establishing a substitute - which can easily malfunction without leaving a track.