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Company Unveils Designer Hypercar that Runs on Fuel Made from Plastic
An Italian motor company has unveiled a supercar that will run on garbage.
Italian supercars tend towards the polluting side of the spectrum of manufacturing,...
5 U.S. States Are Repaving Roads With Unrecyclable Plastic Waste–And Results Are Impressive
Headache-inducing plastic waste such as printer cartridges and plastic bags are being turned into aggregate material for asphalt road mixtures around the country.
Plastic roads...
Clever Dog Collects Hundreds of Plastic Bottles During Walks – to Recycle Litter and Clean His Town
A clever recycling dog is helping clear the streets of litter by collecting hundreds of plastic bottles during his daily walks.
Scruff, a 13-year-old border...
Machine Recycles Plastic Bottles into 3D Printer Filament–And the Design was Released, Instead of Patented
The mission of the James Dyson Award is simple: Design something that solves a problem.
No one will be surprised, then, that the Polyformer machine...
Pyramid Made of 20 Tons of Plastic From Nile River Sparks Plan to Fund Massive Clean-ups
A different sort of great pyramid was just erected in Egypt's Western Desert, which rather than enshrining a pharaoh's glory, draws attention to the...
How a Tiny Injured Kitten Kickstarted an Entire Sustainability Initiative to Eliminate Plastic
It's so easy to pantomime corporations as mass polluters of the environment, but they're run by humans, who reacted exactly as anyone else would...
Fishermen Getting Paid to Collect Plastic Trash at Sea, As Indonesia Slashes Pollution
In Indonesia, small-time fishermen are being paid as part-time ocean cleanup crews, as the archipelago seeks to tidy their seas and raise awareness among...
Ordinary Plastic Turned into Diamonds Via Laser Beam in the Blink of An Eye
A thin film of plastic was, for the first time ever, turned into tiny diamonds in the blink of an eye after being shot...
A Startup Is Using Recycled Plastic to 3D Print Tiny $25,000 Prefabricated Homes in LA
There're 3D-printed homes, and there're prefabricated homes. Take the best of both technologies, throw in a groundbreaking use for discarded plastic, and you have...
Quarter-Million Pounds of Plastic Cleared From Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Dutch Milestone
Last year, wiz kid Boyan Slat announced that "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now be cleaned," after a prototype cleaning system proved successful.
Since...
Revolutionary Filter Uses Moss to Capture Pollutants And Microplastics Before You Drink Them
Design students in Colombia have harnessed the porousness of moss to design a water filter that can trap microplastics.
Over the two-month product life of...
New Type of Plastic Made Directly From Organic Plant Waste Could Be the Game-Changer We Need
A new type of plastic made directly from organic plant waste has been created by scientists.
The new material is easy to make and could...
Floating Drones Are Swallowing Tons of Plastic Waste Before it Reaches Ocean
From Chennai to Trentino alto Adige to Baltimore, inventors are churning out methods of stopping plastic pollution from entering the ocean by picking it...
Enzyme Discovered in a Cemetery’s Compost Heap Can Break Down PET Plastic in Record Time
PET plastic bottles, food containers, and lightweight wrap for packaging have become a problem if they're not recycled—but scientists searching through compost piles have...
Electric Cars Could Be Made With Plastic From Clunkers According to New Research
Electric cars could be made with plastic from old clunkers, according to new research.
Bumpers, carpets, mats, seating, seals, and door casings have been turned...
Texas Scientists Have Created a Protein That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles
A 'Pac-Man' protein that gobbles up plastic and breaks it down could open the door to eliminating billions of tons of landfill waste.
The enzyme...
Dutch Visionary Helps Refugee Camp Recycling All of its Plastic Trash into New Products
A refugee camp in the northern Sahara that relies on international aid for everything has gotten their hands on small, relatively-portable plastic recycling machines...
Monumental Animal Sculptures Made From 35 Tons of Plastic Collected on Oregon Coast by Volunteers–LOOK
Gorgeous sculptures of colorful marine animals are traveling across America—and every bit of the body of the artwork was once trash along the Oregon...
Texas Researchers Use Okra to Remove Microplastics from Wastewater
Tarleton State University researchers have demonstrated that food-grade plant extracts, especially those from okra, have the power to remove microplastics from wastewater.
The health effects...
Amazon Joins the U.S. Department of Energy and MIT to Tackle Plastic Waste With New Science
Amazon.com has joined the international BOTTLE consortium to develop the technologies needed to reduce plastic pollution through innovation in materials and recycling.
Imagine a new...