Producers and consumers must share burden of global plastic packaging waste
URBANA, Ill. – Plastic packaging waste is everywhere. Our plastic bottles, food wrappings, and grocery bags litter the landscape and ...
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A unique catalyst paves the way for plastic upcycling
A recently developed catalyst for breaking down plastics continues to advance plastic upcycling processes. In 2020, a team of researchers ...
Research discovers new bacteria that stick to plastic in the deep sea to travel around the ocean
Newcastle University scientists have found new types of plastic loving bacteria that stick to plastic in the deep sea that ...
Scientists call for cap on production to end plastic pollution
Now, after the United Nations’ historic decision to adopt a global treaty to end plastic pollution earlier this year, governmental ...
Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea
Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health, ...
Method efficiently breaks down plastic bottles into component parts
What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle was returned to its ...
Global experts meet to discuss plastic pollution crisis
Experts from around the world are coming together this week to discuss the success of policies designed to tackle ...
Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide
HOUSTON – (April 5, 2022) – Here’s another thing to do with that mountain of used plastic: make it soak ...
As consultants in complex cases, plastic surgeons add hidden value for hospitals
March 31, 2022 – Plastic surgeons play an key as consultants in complex reconstructive surgery cases – providing a major ...
Plastic bag bans may unintentionally drive other bag sales
When cities or counties institute plastic bag bans or fees, the idea is to reduce the amount of plastic headed ...
New enzyme discovery is another leap towards beating plastic waste
Scientists who helped to pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing ...
Upcyling polyester could reduce plastic waste
Less than 10% of the 380 million metrics tons of annually produced plastics are currently recycled in the U.S., creating ...
Converting plastic waste into porous carbon for capturing carbon dioxide
Besides climate change, which is mostly the result of our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, plastic pollution stands as one of ...
Marine plastic pollution could contribute to the introduction of invasive species
A new study led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) has revealed ...
Plastic labelling needs ‘sustainability scale’
Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, researchers say. Credit: Adam ...
Stronger materials could bloom with new images of plastic flow
Imagine dropping a tennis ball onto a bedroom mattress. The tennis ball will bend the mattress a bit, but not ...
NTU Singapore scientists develop long lasting anti-fogging coating for plastic surfaces that ‘self-cleans’
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new type of coating that, when applied on a ...
Would micro ecology be damaged by a plastic film after thoroughly kill Bradysia cellarum?
Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Sprengel) is a perennial herbaceous vegetable with medicinal qualities. Unfortunately, Chinese chive crops are ...
Guam endorses Pacific declaration to prevent marine plastic pollution
Guam has become one of eight countries and territories with Pacific interests to endorse a “Pacific Regional Declaration on the ...
Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of chemicals
Have you ever experienced the strange taste of water after it has been in a reusable plastic bottle for a ...