This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening for a United Nations meeting. They will tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic recycling and plastic pollution. Of the staggering 460 million tonnes of plastic used globally in 2019 alone, much is used only once and thrown away. About ...
Most of us who buy a “biodegradable” plastic product expect it to break down, thus making it better for the environment. But some of these plastic products are not living up to their claims, according to new US research. With rising concerns over the amount of plastic pollution, some manufacturers of plastic have been advertising that their products ...
Researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste plastics into ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. The researchers were able to convert 90 percent of the waste plastics into jet fuel and other valuable hydrocarbon products within an hour at moderate temperatures and ...
Of all the plastics we’ve ever produced, only 9 percent has been recycled. So what happened to all that plastic you’ve put in the recycling bin over the years? Hands up if you grew up thinking that recycling plastic waste is key to saving the environment. It turns out that for decades the recyclability of ...
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used in the production of resins, plastics, coatings of bottle tops, dental sealants, and so on. Exposure to the chemical has been linked to several health issues, including decreased fertility. A recent study by the Harvard Medical School (HMS) proposes that such harmful effects are reversible through the ...
Several greenhouse gases are emitted as common plastics degrade in the environment, according to researchers from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology(SOEST). Mass production of plastics started nearly 70 years ago, and the production rate is expected to double over the next two decades. While serving many applications because of their ...
The company is on its way to being more environmentally friendly. Lego still wants children to have fun with their blocks, but not at the environment’s expense. The main raw material for its blocks is acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), which is a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile synthesized in the presence of polybutadiene rubber. The Denmark-based LEGO Group ...
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