Scientists turn carbon dioxide into fully recyclable high-performance plastics
Colorado State University researchers developed a catalytic route that directly combines carbon dioxide with strained bicyclic molecules to…
These ‘Crunchy’ Seabirds Are Crunchier Than Ever Before—for a Very Grim Reason
Seabirds in Australia are breaking records again. Last year, researchers on Australia’s Lord Howe Island found birds so…
Global Microplastics Regulations: How Governments Are Rewriting the Rulebook to Curb Plastic Pollution at Its Source
A plastic bag can be banned. A bottle can be collected and recycled. But microplastics are different. They…
Massive mullet created from ‘obnoxious’ weed and plastic litter for SWELL Sculpture Festival
In a suburban garage on the southern Gold Coast, two longtime friends created a supersized fish that is…
A man collected every piece of plastic he threw away for a year, 4,490 pieces later, his experiment became a movement to reduce everyday plastic waste |
A man who decided to keep every piece of plastic he threw away for an entire year ended…
New recycling process converts plastic waste into useful chemicals using only water and oxygen
Researchers developed a catalyst-free recycling method that uses only water and oxygen to break down durable plastics such…
Cycling: Heart of gold as Charline spearheads clean ocean campaign
PETALING JAYA: Former Team Scotland cyclist and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Charline Jones (pic) has led more than…
This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution
Power Shift is Ellyn Lapointe’s ongoing Gizmodo series that explores advancements in green technology, with a focus on…
Plastic waste carries toxic chemicals through seas: Study
Turkish scientists studying plastic pollution in the Black Sea found that plastic waste can carry hazardous chemicals and…
Scientists reveal the real source of airborne microplastics and it’s not the ocean |
A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many…
The ‘mudcrabs’ volunteering to remediate Sydney’s Cooks River from toxic pollution
Scurrying about the banks of Sydney’s Cooks River, an army of volunteers known as the ‘mudcrabs’ is working…
Researchers use glow-in-the-dark technology to track threat lurking in human body: ‘A snapshot in time’
In a study published in New Contaminants and reported on by Science Daily, researchers have developed a potential…