- Chemistry breakthrough creates usable products out of unrecyclable PVC
- “developed a method of converting waste PVC (polyvinyl chloride) into usable products, opening up some interesting new possibilities when it comes to this traditionally unrecyclable material.P…
- UV upcycling treatment could help polystyrene recyclers break even
- new, more fruitful method of polystyrene recycling. The technique starts by subjecting the material to UV light and then exposing it to aluminum chloride, which acts as a low-cost catalyst. This pr…
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- Microplastics are found nearly everywhere on Earth and can be harmful to animals if they’re ingested. But it’s hard to remove such tiny particles from the environment, especially once they…
- Slow sand filter cleans 99.9 percent of nanoplastics from drinking water
- A new study has investigated the performance of different techniques when it comes to removing nanoplastics from water, and shown that biologically active systems known as slow sand filters can rem…
- Can computers help us recycle more plastic? – Science Journal for Kids
- Recycling old plastic helps to reduce the amount of new plastic we make. However, it is difficult to identify and separate all the different types of plastic by simply looking at them. We wanted to…
- Fast-acting enzyme breaks down plastics in as little as 24 hours
- The idea of deploying enzymes to break down plastic waste is gaining momentum through a string of breakthroughs demonstrating how they can do so with increasing efficiency, and even reduce the mate…
- Microplastics found to spread deadly land-based pathogens far out to sea
- “plastic particles shed through laundry cycles and use of cosmetic products can carry pathogens far out to sea and endanger marine life, reshaping natural food webs as a result.harmful pathoge…
- New enzyme discovery is another leap towards beating plastic waste — ScienceDaily
- Scientists who helped to pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global plastics crisis. They have characterized an e…
- This Startup Produces Blocks out of Difficult-to-Recycle Plastics
- ByFusion has come up with an innovation that can shape all kinds of plastics, even non-recyclable ones, into super-efficient and convenient building blocks, These blocks are called ByBlocks and the…
- Lasso | Lasso Loop Recycling: How does it work?
- A Lasso is a miniature industrial recycling facility that will fit into your kitchen, utility room or garage alongside other domestic appliances. Unlike your current curb-side recycling bin, which…
- Where did my plastic waste go? – Science Journal for Kids and Teens
- How can we clean up plastic in the ocean? – Science Journal
- Coca Cola launches a bottle made from 100% plant-based plastic
- We are seeing some promising advances in the world of plant-based plastics, and not just from research groups at the cutting edge of materials science, but from traditional purveyors of petroleum-b…
- Study suggests sea squirts could be used to track microplastics
- “Because the particles are so tiny, it’s difficult to efficiently gather them from the ocean. However, scientists recently discovered that microplastics readily accumulate in marine invert…
- Isatou Ceesay: Turning Waste to Wealth – Climate Heroes
- how to upcycle the plastic bags that were causing so many problems – changing them from waste into something valuable. She would turn them into purses that could be sold to make money. Isatou per…
- Coca-Cola to test market paper bottle prototype in limited trial
- Coca-Cola emphasizes that the bottle is still in development as the company assesses the prototype bottle’s performance, durability, and ability to protect its contents. That being said, Coca-C…
- Tracing Fluorescent Plastics in an Aquatic Environment – Activity – TeachEngineering
- Student teams investigate the migration of small-particle plastic pollution by exposing invertebrates found in water samples from a local lake or river to fluorescent bead fragments in a controlled…
- The Plastisphere: Plastic Migration and Its Impacts – Lesson – TeachEngineering
- Plastic pollution is a rising concern that demands new research methods to identify and quantify the amount of plastic in our waterways and to observe and measure the impacts of this plastic. Envir…
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Lesson – TeachEngineering
- In the case of the GPGP (see Figure 1), environmental engineers and scientists help characterize toxicity of these plastics and formulate understanding about their fate and transport. Also, the eng…
- Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Field Trip) – Activity – TeachEngineering
- Field work is one aspect of environmental engineering. Environmental engineers collect samples of various media for chemical and biological analysis and make observations about the conditions in wh…
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