Collaborate Disseminate
Single-use plastic utensils are a huge source of waste, but fortunately more and more startups are coming to the party with greener alternatives. The Forkanife from Canada’s Cold4ged is a decidedly sleek example, offering eco-conscious diners a sustain… Continue reading Credit-card-sized Forkanife sticks it to single-use plastic utensils
We have a huge plastic waste problem at the moment, but there are efforts to make use of this throw-away resource – including using trash collected from canals to make office furniture, creating portable speakers out of plastic that can’t be … Continue reading Researcher spins prosthetic socket from plastic waste
It has been a rocky start to life for The Ocean Cleanup’s U-shaped barriers, which it hopes will sweep through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch collecting plastic waste that can be hauled back to shore and recycled. The team is now reporting t… Continue reading Ocean Cleanup attaches parachutes to trash-collecting barriers to maintain steady speeds
Canadian construction firm JD Composites has completed its first concept home, made from about 612,000 recycled plastic bottles. Dubbed Beach House, the home is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and is not only a great example of how recycled p… Continue reading Hurricane-resistant home built from more than 600,000 plastic bottles
After a stint on the sidelines, The Ocean Cleanup Project is bouncing back into action following a few upgrades to its trash-catching system. The team was forced to haul in its huge floating barriers for repairs earlier in the year, and now a… Continue reading Take two: Upgraded Ocean Cleanup barrier returns to take on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plastic can be a very useful medium, but our throw away culture has also made it a huge pollution problem – especially when it ends up in the sea. While efforts like the Ocean Cleanup attempt to deal with plastic waste near or on the surface,… Continue reading Plastic hunting robot crab takes its first dive
Joining a growing contingent of lawmakers around the world, Canada’s government is making moves to reduce plastic waste with bans in the pipeline concerning a range of single-use items…
Continue Reading Canada joins fight against plastic w… Continue reading Canada joins fight against plastic waste with bans slated for 2021
Commonly used to make a wide variety of items, low-density polyethylene can be recycled into new plastic, but there’s much more waste than recycling facilities can currently handle. With that in mind, scientists have now devised a method of c… Continue reading Heat and carbon turn plastic waste into jet fuel
Plastic cutlery may well be convenient, but it is certainly wasteful and as more and more research shows, detrimental to the environment. Outlery was cooked up as an alternative, consisting of a collapsible and reusable cutlery and chopstick sets that can be packed into a very manageable pocket-sized package.
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The whale carcass washed up near Wakatobi National Park in Indonesia on Monday. Continue reading Dead Sperm Whale Had 115 Plastic Cups, 1,000 Plastic Shards in its Stomach