Game-changing earthquake-proof homes built from plastic bottles
Given the environmental menace of plastic, Nigeria is pioneering a groundbreaking approach to repurpose plastic bottles into resilient homes
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JJ Shavit
- Sep 17
New genetically engineered bacteria breaks down plastics in saltwater
With plastic pollution reaching alarming levels in marine environments, this discovery could herald a new era in ecological restoration.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 11
Scientists turn low-value plastic waste into high-grade, valuable products
Millions of Americans dutifully separate their recyclable, plastic waste into the designated bins with hopes of a sustainable future.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 17
Majestic '8th continent' could recycle plastic collected from the ocean
Award-winning architect has harnessed innovative design to develop a solution that could change the course of global conservation efforts.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 6
Groundbreaking new way to recycle plastic soda bottles with electricity
Chemists have developed a new way to recycle a common type of plastic found in soda bottles and other packaging.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 20
Scientists develop clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste
Researchers developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other chemicals.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 17
Scientists convert everyday plastics into fully recyclable and potentially biodegradable materials
Instead of drilling for oil and polluting the environment, we’re using stuff that would otherwise be incinerated or left in a landfill.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 16
Groundbreaking 'Floating continent' could collect and recycle plastic from the ocean
Lenka Petráková has harnessed innovative design to develop a solution that could change the course of global conservation efforts.
JJ Shavit
- May 25
Newly discovered microbes can digest plastic at room temperature
Finding, cultivating, and bioengineering organisms that digest plastic not only aids in the removal of pollution, but is also big business.
JJ Shavit
- May 2
Scientists create fully-recyclable plastic to solve the global plastic waste crisis
Researchers have developed a new type of plastic that could be the solution to the global plastic waste crisis.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 2
Researchers develop fully-recyclable plastic to solve the global plastic waste crisis
Per researchers, almost 6 billion metric tons of plastic waste have been produced globally, with less than 10% of it being recycled.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 21
Solar reactor converts greenhouse gases and plastic waste into sustainable fuels
This technology is a game-changer in the development of a circular economy as it addresses two of the biggest threats facing the world.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 21
Solar-powered reactor converts plastics and CO2 into sustainable fuels
Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products
JJ Shavit
- Jan 20
Solar-powered reactor converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels
Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other products.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 25, 2022
Award winning machine recycles discarded plastic bottles into 3D printer filament
Designers Reiten Cheng and Swaleh Owais developed a unique device that’s capable of turning discarded plastic water bottles into 3D filament
JD Shavit
- Nov 22, 2022
Researchers cook up a new way to remove microplastics from water
Researchers at Princeton Engineering have found a way to turn your breakfast food into a new material that can cheaply remove microplastics.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 4, 2022
Berkeley researchers solved the issue of mixed-plastic recycling
Scientists designed a new material system to overcome one of the biggest challenges in recycling consumer products: mixed-plastic recycling.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 27, 2022
Breakthrough Play-Doh-like material can revolutionize electronics
‘Like conductive Play-Doh’: breakthrough new material could point way to new class of materials for electronics and devices.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 28, 2022
Saving our oceans: Novel plastic material biodegrades in ocean water
Around the planet, evidence of plastic pollution stretches from grocery bags in the deep sea to microplastics in our food supplies.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 12, 2022
Plastic upcycling: From waste to fuel for less
The new method more efficiently converts plastics to valuable commodity chemicals—a process termed “upcycling” that produces less methane.
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