The dream of bringing recycled PET plastics is now becoming true as the Consortium – a group of global brands such as Carbios, L’Oreal, Nestle Waters, PepsiCo, and Suntory Beverage and Food Europe – has planned to produce the world’s first grade PET plastic bottles,
Researchers have come up with a sweet solution for plastic pollution – converting it into vanilla flavoring! They did so by using genetically engineered bacteria. For the first time ever, a valuable chemical is brewed from human-induced waste. According to research published in the journal
Global waste solution company Brightmark announced that it will soon establish the world’s largest advanced plastic recycling and renewal facility in Macon. The facility is built with an investment of $680 million that will recycle all the plastic waste that has reached the end cycle
A french ocean adventurer and a team of engineers have designed the Manta yacht, which works by using plastic waste as fuel. The leader of this project, Yvan Bourgnon has years of experience in racing sailing boats. To his dismay, he noticed a steady rise
Every year, billions of tons of plastic waste are dumped into landfills and in oceans that have immensely polluted the ecosystem. Now SLO Architecture has found an innovative way to make use of plastic waste. It has built a Turntable dome in New Jersey by
Even though the scientific community was aware of the plastic-eating qualities of bacteria, the research by the Chinese Academy of Sciences of Institute of Oceanology is the first to establish a direct link to polythene. The research was able to identify three types of organisms
Marching towards its mission to clean up floating plastic waste from the ocean, The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization has introduced a new, third-generation interceptor that they claim is going to clean up the ocean more efficiently. First introduced in 2019, the interceptor is powered
Plastic waste has become a serious threat to our planet as well as to its living beings. Since 1950, about nine billion tons of plastic has been produced, out of which, only nine percent has been recycled while 12 percent has been incinerated. The remaining
Once a popular tourist attraction, Bolivia’s Uru Uru Lake has now turned into a plastic wasteland. Over the years, excessive plastic has been dumped into the lake by nearby urban areas and industries. The horrific sight of discarded plastic bottles, containers, toys, and other plastic
The volume of plastic waste on the planet reflects the magnitude of the global plastic industry. Plastics not only last for a long time but also have low recycling and reuse capacity. Nearly 40% of the plastic packaging is single-use and none of it is