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New Shipping Material Made From Popcorn Can Replace Styrofoam ‘Peanuts’
In a stroke of scientific genius, a German researcher enjoying a box of popcorn in a dark movie theater realized that the overpriced, butter-soaked...
In Major Victory for the Environment, Germany Bans Single-Use Plastic and Styrofoam
Germany is making major strides towards trying to practice what she preaches in terms of environmentalism.
The country announcement yesterday that it will be implementing...
Leader Named ‘Roosevelt’ Leads Caribbean Nation in Banning Plastics and Styrofoam
After a tropical storm brought a tidal wave of plastic debris and garbage bobbing along the Caribbean island’s famously beautiful shoreline, Dominica, joined the...
Girls Show Adults How it’s Done: to Stop Using Styrofoam School-wide
These two 9-year-olds weren't going to wait around for the adults to do something about their school's waste problem – so they took matters into...
San Francisco Officially Declares Itself a No-Styrofoam Zone
Starting in 2017, San Francisco will pass legislation banning the sale of foam food and retail products in order to protect the environment from further...
Mealworms Love Eating Styrofoam! Breakthrough Discovery Best In 10 Years
Who would have thought that the container used to transport your take-out food could be a meal itself?
For the right consumer, it is.
Mealworms, scientists...
10-Year-old Girl’s Petition Moves Jamba Juice to Stop Using Styrofoam
The California company Jamba Juice sells smoothies that are healthy and natural, but relies on an unnatural, unhealthy substance -- styrofoam -- for serving...
Take-out Containers Turned into Valuable Seaweed Chemical Using Rays of Sunlight
Polystyrene (Styrofoam) has been turned into a valuable chemical found in seaweed by exposing it to sunlight.
Broken down, it produces DPM (diphenylmethane,) a molecule...
New Company Turns 100 Tons of Non-Recyclable Plastic Into Building Blocks For Construction
Recycling doesn't always mean chemically separating things into component parts, or finding a new life for an old object. An LA-based startup is proving...
Maine is First U.S. State to Ban PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in All Products—and Huge Companies Are Getting On Board
With retailers and restaurants recently uniting to purge their inventory of dangerous "forever chemicals," consumers can feel a bit better about supporting some of...
Mussels Can Help Filter Microplastics Out of Our Oceans Without Any Harm to the Molluscs
Instead of shelling out for a water filtration plant, mussels' constant filter feeding is being tested as a potential wide-scale application for microplastic clean-up...
Eco-Warrior Makes Toys, Mosquito Repellent, and More With Recycled Cigarette Butts – The Most Littered Item
An eco-warrior has made an impressive amount of money by making toys, keyrings, mosquito repellents, and organic compost from old cigarette butts.
26-year-old Naman Gupta...
Innovative Plant Recycles Polystyrene Foam and Recover Valuable Resources, Using All-Wind Power
Even though styrene occurs naturally in foods such as strawberries, cinnamon, and coffee, when it is strung together with other chemicals to create foam...
Caribbean Island is On Track to Become the World’s First ‘Hurricane-Proof’ Country
Plans for building a climate-resiliant nation, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, have led to a GDP rise by 9% for the Caribbean island of Dominica.
Researchers Restore Injured Man’s Sense of Touch Using Ingenious Brain-Computer Interface
The scientists from Battelle University say that restoring Ian Burkhart's sense of touch “was a big eureka moment” for the team.
Thailand Boldly Plans to Start Banning Most Harmful Plastics As Soon As January 2020
The Asian country is set to ban microbeads, cap seals, and oxo-degradable plastic by the end of this year alone.
Construction Begins On First Ever Commercial Plastics-to-Fuel Factory in the US
The new factory is being hailed as the first ever commercial-scale factory for turning plastics into fuel in the United States.
‘World’s First Eco-Sensitive Cooler’ Brings Us One Step Closer to Ditching Polystyrene
This biodegradable cooler is now replacing the pesky polystyrene containers which have been a plague on the environment for too long.
Maryland Poised to Become the First State to Ban Polystyrene Food Containers
If approved by the governor, Maryland would become the first state to ban polystyrene products.
McDonald’s is Finally Ditching One of the Worst Offenders of the Environment
The fast food giant that has served billions recently served up a big announcement: they will finally be phasing out the use of foam...