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Every year, we dispose of hundreds of millions of tons of plastic Cavan Images/Alamy By incorporating chemicals that imitate natural polymers like DNA into plastics, we…
IIt’s been two decades since the launch of Guitar Hero in North America, empowering everyday gamers to step into the shoes of rock stars. Not in…
Bamboo is a quickly renewable resource James Freeman / Alamy Bamboo-derived hard plastics exhibit similar strength and durability to conventional plastics found in household appliances and…
Enhancing PVC Pipes with Nanoparticles Credits: Valentyn Semenov/Alamy The addition of nanoparticles may provide a solution to a longstanding challenge in the plastic manufacturing industry. The…
“To enhance both plastic recycling and reuse, brands should utilize similar packaging for products within the same category.” Elaine Knox Since its inception in 1899, the…
A recent report from prominent medical journals highlights that the worldwide “plastic crisis” incurs a staggering cost of $1.5 trillion annually for governments and taxpayers. By…
Plastic polymers are everywhere in our daily lives, and their durability makes them suitable for numerous uses, yet effective disposal remains a significant issue. Recent discoveries…
Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, is a pain reliever traditionally produced from a diminished supply of fossil fuels, such as crude oil. Every year, thousands of…
Marce Gutierrez-Glaudis was thrilled to participate in a historic event last month when over 170 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, to negotiate a binding global…
Plastic food packaging can expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of heart disease cases…
plastic waste in indonesiaPA Image/Alamy The world currently generates more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers predict that this…
More than half of uncollected plastic waste is incineratedTim Gainey/Alamy Approximately 1.5 billion people around the world have no access to waste collection services, making how…
Polyethylene plastic bags are difficult to recycle Robert Sanders/University of California, Berkeley Plastic bottles and bags can be evaporated into their chemical components and turned into…
Lord Howe Island Neil Hadaway Jutting out into the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand is the curved, crescent-shaped volcanic remnant of Lord Howe Island.…
Glassy gels are a new class of materials that are as stiff as plastic but extremely stretchy. Meishan Wang, North Carolina State University When you think…
People rally in Ottawa to support ending plastic pollutionThe Canadian Press/Shutterstock Representatives from nearly every country will gather in Canada to hammer out the details of…
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images In 1980, Disney World in Orlando, Florida, began developing a new method of generating electricity for its theme parks that would reduce the…
I recently came across a photo that I can only describe as “post-apocalyptic cute.” It depicted a small, beady-eyed, purple hermit crab with its fragile abdomen…
Fish caught in discarded nets in the Great Pacific Garbage PatchOcean Voyages Institute/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock It was a bright sunny day in September 2023. Excitement filled the…
Scientists used lasers to identify plastic particles in water bottles Naixin Qian, Columbia University One liter water bottle can contain 240,000 microscopic plastic particles. The health…