Tag: sustainability
Breakthrough Research Allows Recycling of Mixed Plastics
Breakthrough Research Allows Recycling of Mixed Plastics: Plastics are everywhere in our daily lives, but not all plastics are created equal – far from...
Fungi Makes Meal of Hard to Recycle Plastic
Fungi Makes Meal of Hard to Recycle Plastic: Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in...
Sustainability Students Bring Dead Solar Panels Back to Life
By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle
Sustainability Students Bring Dead Solar Panels Back to Life: Students are using polyurethane, resin, epoxy – and gallons of wit –...
Recycling Previously Unrecyclable Polyvinyl Chloride
by University of Michigan
Recycling Previously Unrecyclable Polyvinyl Chloride: PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is one of the most produced plastics in the United States and the...
3 New Industry Changing Plastic Packaging Methods
For markets from food to pharma, three diverse breakthroughs share a common theme of improving sustainability, in one case up to 88%.
3 New Industry...
Eco-Friendly and Biodegradable Paper Senses Attributes about Food
by Seoul National University
Eco-Friendly and Biodegradable Paper Senses Attributes about Food: A research group led by Prof. Seung Hwan Ko from the Dept. of Mechanical...
Dow Accelerates Goals for Circular Plastics
Company will meet rapidly growing demand with 2030 Transform the Waste target by building industrial ecosystems to collect, reuse, or recycle plastic waste.
Dow Accelerates...
Plastics of the Future is Sustainable, Thanks to Chemical Recycling
By Kelsey Simpkins
Plastics of the Future is Sustainable, Thanks to Chemical Recycling: One day in the not-too-distant future, the plastics in our satellites, cars and...
Biodegradable Plastic Mulch
Biodegradable Plastic Mulch: During the growing and harvest seasons, vegetable producers often begin their day before sunrise and finish as the last light is...
New Plastic Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water
by University of California - San Diego
New Plastic Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water: Plastics, now ubiquitous in the modern world, have become a rising threat...
