You surely have heard about plastic waste and the damages it can cause to our ocean. However, have you ever heard about the term plasticosis?...
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Carbon-Eating Volcanic Microbe Could Help Remove The Greenhouse Gas
Miracle can happen anywhere, even in places and form that no one would ever consider it to happen. For example, the answer to our global...
Japan Loves Plastic, but Doesn’t Pollute as much – This is How the Country Manage its Waste
Plastic bottles production in Japan has increased to 23.2 billion per year from 14 billion in 2004. In 2014, the country generated 32.4kg (71lb) of...
Indonesia’s Plastic Pollution: The Problem and the Efforts so Far
Indonesia, a country that’s so rich in beautiful nature, culture, and history, is now unfortunately one of the largest contributors to marine plastic pollution in...
Not Plastic Surgery, But Plastic Skin Care?
Plastic surgery is a thing that we have acknowledged for decades, but what about plastic skin care products? No, we are not going to talk...
Scientists Developed a Special Magnet that can Mop Up Microplastics in Water
Since microplastics are becoming an established problem, many have tried to find ways to, at the very least, reduce them while we humans also work...
Bioplastics are Getting Ubiquitous Now, but Will They Solve the Global Problem?
“To counter the plastic problem, we’re making/using bioplastic with [insert features] that won’t damage the Earth further.” We’ve all seen such statements from small green...
Recycling Rigid Plastic Have Happened, But What About the Multilayer Kind?
Recycling plastics have happened to those rigid in forms, such as pallets and furniture, or the ones with only one polymer material (monolayer). The flexible,...
10 Tips for Reducing Your Plastic Consumption
The world is facing a plastic crisis. Every day, millions of pieces of plastic end up in landfills, oceans, and other natural habitats, wreaking havoc...
Report Found Plastic Industry Is Growing During the Pandemic
This is something you need to know about plastic industry. A lot of us suffer during the pandemic, whether it is mentally, physically, spiritually, even...