Purdue University develops new way to recycle polyolefin plastics

Good News Notes: “Single-use plastic scrap continues to be a growing problem internationally with only 9 percent of the 8.3 billion tons of plastic produced in the last 65 years being recycled. One of the biggest contributors to this issue is polyolefins, such as polypropylene and polyethylene. Researchers at Purdue University are working to solve that problem…

Fishers firefighters surprised by random act of kindness at grocery store

Good News Notes: “Several Fishers firefighters were greeted with a random act of kindness Friday. The department says a crew from Station 392 was shopping for groceries when they were dispatched on an emergency call. When the crew returned to the store on Olio Road, Kroger employees had placed their groceries in the cooler and…