{
  "id": 219057,
  "title": "This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/this-high-schooler-invented-a-plant-based-plastic-that-removes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T11:06:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-schooler-invented-a-plant-based-plastic-that-removes-microplastics-from-the-environment-as-it-biodegrades-180989254/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}