Amazon Replaces 95% Plastic Air Packaging With Recyclable Paper Filler in North America

Medicine & Technology Jun 21, 2024

Amazon announced that it had already switched to paper filling by 95% and would eventually no longer use plastic air pillows in its packaging in North America. Continue reading to know the full story.

Plastic Rocks Discovered Across Five Continents; Should We Be Threatened?

Mar 29, 2024

A strange new type of rock has been found across the world, formed mainly from plastic created and discarded by humans. Continue reading the article to learn more.

French Firm Carbios Plans To Recycle 50,000 Tonnes of PET Waste by 2025

Nov 28, 2023

Carbios is scaling up its operation by planning to recycle 50,000 tonnes of PET waste a year by 2025. Continue reading to learn more.

Merle the Eco Mermaid From Florida Wants to Set 5th Guinness World Record for Swimming 50 Kilometers to Collect Trash

Apr 19, 2023

Merle the eco mermaid is eyeing Guinness World Record as she continues to collect trash from the ocean. Continue reading.

Biodegradable Plastic Can Be Seasoned To Make Them Stronger [Study]

Feb 01, 2023

Seasoning a biodegradable plastic with fruit-derived tartaric acid or citric acid can make it stronger. Read on to know how the researchers did it.

Deposit Return Scheme in UK Excludes Glass Bottle: 'Missed Opportunity'

Jan 20, 2023

The UK government decided not to include glass bottles in their deposit return scheme that will be implemented in 2025. Read the article to know why.

Freshwater Fish Consumption Not Good for the Health: A Single Serving Equates to a Month of Drinking Water With 'Forever Chemicals'

Jan 17, 2023

Eating one freshwater fish is just like drinking water laced with forever chemicals for a month, according to a new study. Read the article to know the details.

England to Ban Single-Use Plastic Later This Year To Eliminate Avoidable Waste

Jan 16, 2023

Read how England will expand its country's existing rules about plastic products this year.

Dead Orca Found Off Brazilian Coast; Necropsy Reveals Killer Whale's Stomach Full of Plastic and Shark Bites

Jan 02, 2023

A dead orca found off the coast of Brazil revealed a stomach full of plastic wastes and shark bites. Know how plastic debris affects marine life, read now!

Plastic Broken Down Into Molecular Building Blocks, a Successful Approach for Genuine, More Effective Recycling

Mar 25, 2022

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a new approach for more effective plastic recycling. Learn how the material is broken down into molecular building blocks.

Non-Recyclable Biodegradable Plastics Get Second Lease At Life as Reusable Foam

Jul 01, 2021

Biodegradable plastics are generally non-recyclable: they are intended as single-use materials that rapidly degrades back into smaller, safer materials. However, new research could find a second life for these plastic materials.

Algae Flip-Flops Meet Commercial Standards and Cut Plastic Waste

Aug 07, 2020

One of the most popular footwear items, the flip-flop, also accounts for a significant part of plastic waste found in landfills and bodies of water - and biodegradable material for these slippers might be the answer.

Polyurethane Waste May Be Degradable With New Technique

Aug 28, 2019

New research shows that they may just have found a way to breakdown the components of Polyurethane waste into products that may become at least useful.

Greener Plastic: The Search Is On

Aug 27, 2019

Finding solutions to address the problem with single-use plastics is far from being simple.

Magnetic Coils Created To Break Down Plastics In Ocean

Aug 13, 2019

There are more plastics in the ocean than the stars in the whole of the Milky Way galaxy.