Due to the increasing awareness of waste issues—and with it, demand for environmentally friendly alternatives, a lot of companies have made a public promise to...
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Limestone Plastic? A New Sustainable Alternative to Plastic and Paper
Have you ever heard of TBM Co.? Or maybe LIMEX? It’s a Japanese startup that makes plastic and paper alternatives from limestone (Limex is the...
Salt-tolerant Bacteria can Turn Waste Sludge into Bioplastics
Being a big country, United States generates about 7 million tons of sewage sludge annually. It’s true that some of this waste becomes manure and...
Yay, We’re Going to Have Benches Made from Marine Plastic
Plastic in the waters is still a big problem that needs urgent solution. There have been more initiatives to reduce mitigate this matter, thankfully, but...
We Can Upcycle Plastic Waste into Valuable Molecules
When we started using plastics about 70 years ago, not much thought was given to the implications of their lifespan and the fact that they...
5 Misconceptions About Single-Use Plastics that You Should Know
Universally, we all know that single-use plastics are no-no. But is that all exactly? Are there more to them than meet the eye? Do we...
Now You Can Find Floating Public Park Made From Recycled Plastic
Water is so problematic in a lot of cities. Plastic trash and litter in rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans altogether is still one of the...