Plastics to pharmaceutical products (IMAGE) University of Kansas Caption Post-consumer plastics degraded in this study. A) From left to right: LDPE plastic grocery bag, HDPE milk jug, LDPE laboratory squeeze bottle, Pacific gyre waste collected from Santa Catalina Island, California. B) The distribution of diacid products after post-consumer polyethylene waste degradation using the optimized reaction. Credit Rabot, et al. Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.