<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/nsm/news-events/stories/2023/0914-plastic-waste.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>09/14/2023 01:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>UH Research Team Awarded $4M to Convert Plastic Waste into Useful Materials</title><subtitle/><description>Chemistry faculty involved in new interdisciplinary project.</description><author/><author-email>https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/recycling-global-statistics-facts-plastic-paper/</author-email><author-phone/><image><img src="/nsm/_images/nsm/news-events/2023/20230914-plastic-waste.jpg" alt="Plastic Waste"/></image><categories>NSM</categories></item>