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Nonprofit Diverts an Ocean Plastic Tide, Removing 2 Million Pounds of Trash From Waterways
The TerraCycle Global Foundation reached an impressive milestone last month, announcing that they've removed over 2 million pounds of waste from rivers, canals, and...
New Coral Adoption Program by 4ocean to Help Save Reefs–Every Bracelet Plants a Coral and Removes Ocean Plastic
Today, 4ocean announced a new partnership to help restore damaged coral reefs while removing trash from oceans, rivers, and coastlines.
4ocean has been making bracelets...
Scientists Engineered a Bacteria to Eat Plastic Bottles and Transforming Them into Useful Liquids
Plastic-chomping bacteria could transform plastic bottles into make-up, drugs, and perfumes, according to a new study.
University of Edinburgh scientists engineered a simple E. coli...
Scientists Have Created Natural Sponges That Soak Up Nano-Plastics
Chinese scientists have created some experimental sponges out of starch and gelatin that can soak up microplastics which could be adopted in various places...
Massachusetts Innovators Aim to Turn Ocean Plastic into Fuel–Right Onboard the Ship
Chemical engineers are pioneering a process to equip diesel ships with the onboard capacity to turn collected plastic garbage into fuel.
The result has been...
Plant-Based Filter Removes Up to 99.9% of Microplastics from Water
What do you get when you cross sawdust and polyphenols? A water filter that can remove 99.9% of microplastics; and that's no joke.
The health...
Plastic Waste Can Now be Turned into Soap Thanks to Eureka Moment from Virginia Tech
Polyethylene, one of the most common plastics used today, is actually very similar in chemical structure to the chief fatty acid in soap, and...
Analysis Shows We’ve Been Overestimating the Amount of Plastic in Oceans by 30x
Scientists in the Netherlands have shown quite convincingly that the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans is far smaller than anyone believed.
Their research...
An Infinitely Recyclable Plastic Could Solve the World’s Pollution Problem
Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new infinitely recyclable plastic that could be the answer to the world's growing pollution...
Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Life–An Ecosystem Older Than Plastic But No One Saw it
In the northern Pacific Ocean, a powerful ocean 'gyre' pulls together several ocean currents into a single region—the site of the infamous Great Pacific...
Paris Olympics Gets 11,000 Stadium Seats Made of Recycled City Plastic
Spectators of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be watching the aquatic events from seats made of plastic collected in recycling bins from...
The Guys Who Sell Ocean Plastic Bracelets Just Reached 30 Million Pounds of Waste Pulled From Seas
4ocean has reached a stellar milestone: 30 million pounds of plastic waste recovered from the our oceans, rivers, and coastlines since the company began...
Clean Fuel Made by Pulling CO2 From Air and Plastic Waste–Powered Only by the Sun and Photosynthesis
Cambridge University researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed...
Microbes that Digest Plastic at Low Temps Are Discovered in the Alps and the Arctic
Microbes that can eat plastic at low temperatures, making them more cost-effective than current ones, have been found in the Alps.
Several microorganisms capable of...
Compostable Plastic Wrap Made from Seaweed Can Withstand Heat–and Biodegrade in Weeks
An invasive seaweed species from the Caribbean has been turned into a compostable plastic wrap that has the potential for mass production.
Furthermore, it may...
Scientists Say Exposure to Microplastics in Human Bodies is Not Inflammatory
Japanese scientists have made a breakthrough discovery on the effects of ingesting microplastics, namely that our immune system is capable of protecting us from...
Lebanese Man Builds Wind Turbine from Recycled Plastic–Producing Electricity for his Family and Neighbors
In Lebanon's windy northwest governate of Akkar, a literature student taught himself engineering to build a wind turbine on his grandmother's roof.
With government-supplied electricity...
Ocean Cleanup Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Massive Plastic Pollution Cleanup
The co-founder of Airbnb.org has just donated $25 million to support the Dutch nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup as they prepare to assemble and deploy...
Turning Problematic Sea Algae into a Replacement for Plastic in Common Products
After a Finnish scuba diver saw how harmful out-of-control algae blooms could be to the marine environment below their green clouds, she founded a...
Australia Cut Plastic Waste on Her Beaches by Nearly One-Third Over Just 6 Years
A recently-completed scientific survey found that plastic on Australian beaches has fallen by 29% since the last survey in 2013.
The authors state it is...