MOF material exhibits selective capture of toxic atmospheric gas
Led by the University of Manchester, an international team of scientists has developed a metal-organic framework material (MOF) that exhibits a selective, fully reversible...
London store recycles 60,000 plastic bottles for 3D-printed interior
You can tell that Bottletop, a "sustainable luxury" brand that transforms castoff materials into chic carryalls, takes its zero-waste philosophy to heart. Case in...
Chemistry may have solutions to our plastic trash problem
Chemists explore ways to convert plastics into valuable products and to develop intrinsically recyclable polymers
The world’s mounting plastic trash crisis is hard to solve...
Can white rot fungus reduce plastic pollution?
Student scientist aims to find out
A San Jose high school student who is trying to solve the Earth’s plastic pollution problem says a common...
This sixth-grade inventor built a robot to hunt ocean plastic
Of the millions of metric tons of plastic that enter the ocean each year, researchers don’t yet know exactly where it all ends up....
Crab shells and trees could replace flexible plastic packaging
From liquid laundry detergent packaged in cardboard to compostable plastic cups, consumer products these days are increasingly touting their sustainable and renewable origins.
Now researchers...
Pulling drinking water out of thin air
With droughts plaguing much of the western United States and millions of people across the globe living without access to safe water, the need...
Degrading plastics revealed as source of greenhouse gases
Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) discovered that several greenhouse gases are emitted...
Polymer recycling technology ready to leave the lab
An East London-based start-up firm, Worn Again Technologies, has announced that it has hit a £5 million investment target to support the commercialization of...
Plastics with a built-in self-destruct mechanism
Chemists in search of their Holy Grail: a plastic designed to die
Plastics were designed to last as long as possible, but they’re now blamed...
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