Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create? -- Stacy Y., Raleigh, NC As more people become ...
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Researchers turn crustacean shell waste into a plastic-like material
Scientists have found a way to convert discarded shrimp shells into dense, plastic-like films and objects, a development that could redirect tons of seafood industry waste into a viable substitute for ...
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Scientists create new plastic that self-destructs after use in breakthrough research
The research team used a 'new chemical strategy' to create plastic that would degrade naturally.
Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are locked in a rivalry they'd surely not like to advertise. An eight-city ...
Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...
Oil and chemical companies that promised to invest $1.5 billion in clean-up initiatives to divert plastic waste from the environment instead have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years ...
For those of you over a certain age, you may remember this now famous line from the movie, The Graduate, delivered by the character Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock, played by the actor Justin Hoffman ...
As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...
During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...
Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.
1. Inefficient recycling plants During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics.
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