Plastic Planet
Koert van MensvoortWe tend to think of plastic as a cheap, inferior and ugly material used to make children’s toys, garden furniture and throwaway bottles. But as an experiment, imagine for a moment …
We tend to think of plastic as a cheap, inferior and ugly material used to make children’s toys, garden furniture and throwaway bottles. But as an experiment, imagine for a moment …
The EU Commission will hopefully reduce the consumption of disposable plastic bags within 5 years by 80%.
Protei is a sailing robot that's designed to clean up oil spills without human assistance. After sailing upwind, the bot drifts downwind, zigg-zagging across the surface to absorb …
Peak oil, the point when petroleum extraction is at its maximum, may have already occurred sometime in the last few years . Not only affecting whether we drive a Humvee or not, …
While the Pacific garbage patch is often characterized as a dense, Texas-sized island of plastic, in reality it's an area of 2,736 square km scattered with tiny, floating bits of …
A man from Kenya collected tourists’ disused slippers and seaborne plastic bottles to build a boat.
Photographer Kim Preston transforms everyday household plastic objects into sea creatures.
The first Zero-Waste Grocery Store "Original Unverpackt" will open this summer in Germany.
The speculative 'Plastivore' bird thrives on a diet of fungi and plastics.
Researchers tested 'Fiji Water' against ordinary tap water. What they found is kind of shocking.
A new community currency that rewards recyclers with local discounts and deals.
A recent study examining the purity of 17 commercial sea salt brands from eight different countries found microplastics in all 17 samples.
While this image seems like another polluted beach after spring break, it was taken on a remote uninhabited world heritage site in the Polynesia.
What to do about the plastic planet ? The seas are steadily filling up with plastic , and it's vital to find ways to address the problem . One way to do this is to move away from …
Mon dieu! The swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an exponential rate. A recent study has estimated that the mass of the garbage island is four to sixteen …
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