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New studies find microplastics in salt from the US, Europe and China, adding to evidence that plastic pollution is pervasive in the environment. Researchers ...
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Instant coffee, milk powder, food seasoning, shampoo and toothpaste sachets formed the majority of plastic waste collected in a week-long coastal cleanup in a ...
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John Wilkinson, Peter S. Hooda, James Barker, Stephen Barton, Julian Swinden, Occurrence, fate and transformation of emerging contaminants in water: An ...
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Biophysical Journal Casper van der Wel, Doris Heinrich, Daniela J. Kraft, Microparticle Assembly Pathways on Lipid Membranes, In Biophysical Journal, Volume ...
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CarbonLite is the world's largest "bottle-to-bottle" plastic recycling plant in Riverside, Calif. The process involves transforming old plastic bottles into ...
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One of the solutions to ocean plastic pollution is to recycle the plastic that already exists in the world so that the production of new plastic products ...
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Chemosphere Lisa I. Devriese, Bavo De Witte, A. Dick Vethaak, Kris Hostens, Heather A. Leslie, Bioaccumulation of PCBs from microplastics in Norway lobster ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor
Petition launched to recognise Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a country. A massive mound of plastic in the Pacific Ocean becomes a country with its own ...
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A French start-up producer of biodegradable thermoplastics, Lactips, has won a 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million) in funding from the European Union’s H2020 SME ...
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Waiakea, Inc. announces it will launch the world’s first fully degradable and 100 percent recyclable plastic bottle in the next year. Waiakea is a founding ...
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Tirta Investama, producer of Aqua bottled water brand and the Indonesian unit of French consumer giant Danone, recently signed an agreement with Swedish ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Our air, water and salt are contaminated by plastic and the impact on our health is unknown. While we wait for the findings, here are ways to reduce plastic ...
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Plants, animal or microbes in the ocean are degrading or breaking down plastic. We just need to identify them which will potentially help us in solving the ...
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When Ingrid Caldironi decided to start living a more eco-friendly lifestyle, she made a few changes to her routine. Caldironi bought a reusable coffee cup, ...
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Exclusive: Tests show billions of people globally are drinking water contaminated by plastic particles, with 83% of samples found to be polluted. The ...
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A Plastic Ocean is an adventure documentary shot on more than 20 locations over the past 4 years. Explorers Craig Leeson and Tanya Streeter and a team of ...
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In order to address the problem of plastic ending up in oceans and build a more sustainable (and mutually beneficial) business plan, Adidas paired up with ...
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Plastic debris in the ocean is an emerging global environmental issue, with densities up to 580,000 pieces per square kilometer documented and high ...
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Fish and invertebrates have been found to gobble up bits of microplastic from the sea, and that has scientists worried. Anchovies are known more as a pickled ...
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The NOAA Marine Debris Program Awards Funding to Four New Projects to Research Marine DebrisPosted Tue, 08/29/2017 - 12:30 After an intensive evaluation ...
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