How breakthrough technology could significantly reduce plastic waste
PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) is widely used to produce plastic packaging, yet only about 15% makes its way to recycling plants. The rest is either...
New recyclable resin makes wind turbines much more sustainable
Doug Adams, Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Daniel F. Flowers Professor, said that made wind turbines an ideal project for the Institute...
New research overcomes incompatibility in recycling plastics
When Geoffrey Coates, the Tisch University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, gives a talk about plastics and recycling, he usually opens with this question:...
Recycled Polymer Waste to Waves Surfboard
Land Rover has launched a surfboard made from the plastic foam of early vehicle models as part of our “Waste to Waves” project. Created...
Boots Made From Old Plastic Bottles Recovered In Haiti
Timberland’s latest man-boots have an interesting backstory. Their canvas-like uppers are recycled from plastic bottles picked up from the beaches of Haiti.
The outdoor apparel...
ASU developing biodegradable plastics made from bacteria
The world is awash in discarded plastics. A recent estimate of the amount of plastic in Earth’s environment puts it at 6.3 billion metric...
Israeli firm says it can turn garbage into bio-based plastic
KIBBUTZ ZEELIM, Israel — Hawks, vultures, and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat....
Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West’s Recycling
LONDON — Ever since China announced last year that it no longer wanted to be the “world’s garbage dump,” recycling about half of the...
USDA Lab Is Turning Billions Of Pounds Of Almond Waste Into Beer, Plastic, And...
Inside a USDA research building near Berkeley, California, research leader Bill Orts holds up a mottled-looking black plate. It’s “really ugly,” he says. But...
From Ocean Trash To Shirts: Gant Joins Adidas, Others In Making Clothes From Plastic...
Would you pay a premium for a shirt that was made partly with old plastic bottles salvaged from the ocean? Clothing company Gant is betting yes, and introducing...
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