In Shenzhen where most luxury hotels are located, Intercontinental Shenzhen has set up a reward system to encourage guests to gradually reduce disposable items. Small bottles have gradually been replaced…
Expanding Seaweed Farming Can Address Planet’s Food Security
Students from the MARA Junior Science College in Semporna decided to fight plastic with plastic — a different one, though, made from seaweed. One of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth,…
The Congressional language “encourages” EPA to take into account the environmental impacts of chemical recycling during an ongoing rule-making process by the agency. Lawmakers say chemical recycling plastics contribute to…
To make the federal capital more environmentally friendly, District Administration has made it illegal to manufacture polythene bags there. The weekly market use of polythene bags has been outlawed by…
Plastic packaging waste from the online retail giant Amazon ballooned to 709 million pounds globally in 2021 — equivalent to the weight of some 70,000 killer whales. Plastic packaging waste…
New Zealanders will be farewelling their plastics – bags, ear buds, spoons and straws – as the government attempts to match the country’s reality to its “clean green” reputation. By…
Some bacteria produce the chemical ethylene – a finding that could lead to new ways to produce plastics without using fossil fuels. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown way that…
Engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small satellites, biomedical implants and smart structures. They used pulses…