Japanese scientists have found microplastics in clouds, which could be affecting the climate in ways that we don’t yet fully understand. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic, less than 5Continue Reading
Scientists are stunned by the finding of “plastic rocks” on a remote volcanic island off the coast of Brazil – a disturbing indication of how deeply plastic pollution has intoContinue Reading
Trillions of plastic debris fragments are afloat at sea, creating a previously-unknown habitat for microbial colonization. They are rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments. Introduced more thanContinue Reading
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, was recently awarded $1M USD by the Benioff Ocean Initiative to stop plasticContinue Reading
Vacuuming plastic from the ocean sounds oddly impossible, but Meet FRED, a solar-powered catamaran that is built by Clear Blue Sea, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to cleansing theContinue Reading
Carbios has created a mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours. This was originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles toContinue Reading
Clariter, an international company with a home base in Israel has figured out a new industrial process that transforms used plastic into new source materials for other manufacturers. As weContinue Reading
If you are one of Amazon’s 100 million+ customers you have probably received your fair share of unnecessary plastic packaging from the ecommerce giant. From polystyrene packing peanuts to non-recyclableContinue Reading
