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PIONEERING MICROPLASTICS PROJECT TO LOOK AT IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTHA pioneering new UK knowledge transfer research project has been launched to examine the ...
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Over the past 70 years the impact of plastic has been profound, delivering affordability and innovation on an unparalleled scale. Annual plastic production is ...
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Anji county, a tourism destination with abundant bamboo, is considered a model example of President Xi’s environmental vision in action As the world’s top ...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) have developed a new method for recycling HDPE. ...
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Plastic production has soared some 30-fold since it came into widespread use in the 1960s. We now churn out about 430m tonnes a year, easily outweighing the ...
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Every year, 14,000 tons of plastic end up in Swiss soils and waters, in part in the form of microplastics: Particles in the micro to millimeter range. ...
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While working as an architect, Julia Kay had a realization that will, perhaps, end up changing the world. “I was excited by architecture because you’ve got ...
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Children in Western countries have long been taught the virtues of recycling. Because plastic products never decompose on their own, kids are instructed to ...
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EU calls for agreement on global rules to end plastic pollution On Monday, the second high-level round of negotiations on the way to achieving a global treaty ...
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A canal blocked by waste, including discarded plastic, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Two decades ago, Germany set up a ...
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There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil. So geologist ...
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It’s an all-pervasive pollutant devastating ecosystems, killing wildlife and which has even been found in human breast milk. Now ominous new studies have ...
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The problem Microplastics are entering human and planetary ecosystems through several sources: Primary intentional microplastics. These are made for use ...
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Using surface-enhanced Raman scattering, researchers have revealed a new way of detecting and catching microplastics in our tap water, and the key is light ...
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The world contains more single-use plastic than ever before, with an extra 1kg for every person on the planet generated in 2021 compared to 2019, according to ...
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Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have found a way to synthesize fumaric acid, a raw material using for producing the biodegradable plastic ...
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