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Archive for tag: plastic waste

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,...

We Can Actually Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Let’s once again talk about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that has been haunting us for too long nowadays. Having first mentioned in 1988 paper...

Jute Fiber Is the Next Green Fashion Innovation
Have you ever heard about jute? This plant has been cultivated since ancient Egypt era and history wrote that it has been part of many...

The Plastic Problem in Guatemala: Can We Fix It?
Officially named as Republic of Guatemala, the country is located in Central America. With around 17 million people inhabiting the country, Guatemala is the most...

Replacing Styrofoam With Algae? Pretty Acceptable
Styrofoam is one of the most dangerous waste on this planet, but on the other hand also one of the least exposed about in popular...

A List: The Top 5 Plastic Waste That Litter Our Ocean Are…
We all love this planet, and we all want to keep this planet as the most beautiful planet we will ever see. However, our behavior...
Plastic Can Really Become Biodegradable by Adding Specific Enzymes
Plastic is one of our biggest enemies that we have to face nowadays along with coronavirus and climate change. But still so many people seem...

We Are Going to Ask for Bacteria Help to Clean Plastic in Ocean
When was the last time you consumed plastic? Day by day, the amount of plastic waste we produce keeps piling up and it doesn’t seem...

New Study Suggests Plastic Waste Doesn’t End Up in the Open Ocean
Pollution in the ocean is something that we’ve all been familiar with. We’ve seen news and videos about it everywhere, and we’ve since taken some...