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Millions of Tons of The World’s Plastic Waste Could be Turned Into Clean Fuels (Video)

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Millions of Tons of The World’s Plastic Waste Could be Turned Into Clean Fuels (Video)

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The United Nations estimates that more than 8 million tons of plastics flow into the oceans each year. A new chemical conversion process could transform the ...

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Microplastic Contamination Found in Common Source of Groundwater, Researchers Report

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Microplastic Contamination Found in Common Source of Groundwater, Researchers Report

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Microplastics contaminate the world's surface waters, yet scientists have only just begun to explore their presence in groundwater systems. A new study is the ...

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Determining the Composition of Microplastic in Water

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Determining the Composition of Microplastic in Water

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Physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University have developed and applied a method of identifying microplastic collected in sea waters. The ...

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BWT Supports Extreme Athlete Ernst Bromeis on his Swimming Expedition for Environmental Protection

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BWT Supports Extreme Athlete Ernst Bromeis on his Swimming Expedition for Environmental Protection

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BWT and extreme athlete Ernst Bromeis have devised a spectacular campaign to draw attention to one of the most precious resources on Earth. Starting in July, ...

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No More Plastic Waste: Nestlé to Make 100% of its Packaging Reusable

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No More Plastic Waste: Nestlé to Make 100% of its Packaging Reusable

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Nestlé laid out its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment to make ...

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What Should We Do About Single-use Plastics? Tackling the Growing Problem of Trash We Can’t Recycle

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What Should We Do About Single-use Plastics? Tackling the Growing Problem of Trash We Can’t Recycle

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Much of the growing global concern about the plastics polluting our oceans and clogging our landfills has focused on reducing consumption and reusing where we ...

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The Ocean Cleanup Suspended as Device Breaks Down in Pacific Ocean

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The Ocean Cleanup Suspended as Device Breaks Down in Pacific Ocean

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A fracture in The Ocean Cleanup's "giant Pac Man", dispatched to scoop up waste from the Pacific Ocean, has forced the company to abort the mission and haul ...

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Marine Debris Study Counts Trash from Texas to Florida

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Marine Debris Study Counts Trash from Texas to Florida

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Trash, particularly plastic, in the ocean and along the shoreline is an economic, environmental, human health, and aesthetic problem causing serious ...

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Microlyscs Has a Better Alternative to Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles

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Microlyscs Has a Better Alternative to Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles

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CrazyCap is a portable water sterilization system for the S'well Bottle. CrazyCap for your S'well® bottle with the advanced UVC LED light-ray technology by ...

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Sustainable "Plastics" Are on the Horizon

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Sustainable "Plastics" Are on the Horizon

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Made from microorganisms and spawned in seawater, the new sustainable biopolymer technology developed by TAU researchers may one day free the world of its ...

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Study Shows that Plastic Waste Disintegrates into Nanoparticles

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Study Shows that Plastic Waste Disintegrates into Nanoparticles

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There is a considerable risk that plastic waste in the environment releases nano-sized particles known as nanoplastics , according to a new study from Lund ...

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UCSC Chemists Develop Safe Alternatives to Phthalates Used in Plastics

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UCSC Chemists Develop Safe Alternatives to Phthalates Used in Plastics

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Growing concern over the health effects of phthalates has spurred a search for alternatives that can add flexibility to plastics without leaching out. By Tom ...

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Study Shows How Mussels Handle Microplastic Fiber

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Study Shows How Mussels Handle Microplastic Fiber

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New research shows that mussels readily take in microplastic pollution fibers from the ocean but quickly flush most of them out again. Image ...

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