Browsing: Recycling

As microplastics plague many aspects of our land and water, the need to find suitable solutions to remove microplastics from…

Food waste is a prominent driver of climate change due to the number of greenhouse gases that are emitted when…

World leaders from nearly 200 countries have united to tackle plastic pollution. Last Wednesday, countries from the United Nations agreed…

It has recently been found that in areas of the Arctic with no human inhabitants or activity, there is now…

Plastic waste can linger in the environment indefinitely. Honeywell International Inc. has announced its development, with Sacyr SA in Spain,…

A new study demonstrates how nature plays an important role in reducing plastic pollution. Seagrass ‘Neptune balls,’ which are naturally…

With over 150 venues in the United States, Live Nation has incorporated sustainable initiatives to divert the amount of waste…

Plastic remains an environmental scourge. It clogs waterways and chokes wildlife. It takes hundreds of years to biodegrade and much…

Much of the garbage thrown into the sea ends up reduced to tiny plastic particles. It collects in fish and…

We need to use less plastic and reuse the plastic we already have. There are some great initiatives that maximize…

Far too little plastic that is eligible to be recycled ever is. The system can be inefficient and unrewarding. Worse…

We wear masks to reduce the spread of COVID19 and billions of masks are discarded daily. The plastic in many…

Plastic bags take hundreds of years to biodegrade, contribute to our ocean’s plastic problem and are a danger to marine…

The Plastic Bank provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. They apply…

University of Portsmouth, in collaboration with NREL, improved the activity of an enzyme (PETase) discovered in nature, which breaks polyethylene…

It’s important to know that the vast majority of plastic is never recycled. Recycling of single-use plastic is an exaggeration…