News: Cleanup pioneer has now extracted 10 million kg of polluting ocean plastic and trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch and world rivers.
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Rapid chemical recycling for single-use bioplastics
News: Researchers discover a method of chemical recycling that achieves full degradation of single-use bioplastics within just 24 hours.
Continue readingCrowdsourcing waste clean-up on Mount Everest
News: With 200 tonnes of waste left around Mount Everest every year, a local clean-up initiative is crowdsourcing its removal in 1kg bags.
Continue readingChemical Recycling and the ‘Future of Packaging’
Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores chemical recycling as a solution to the problem of plastic waste.
Continue readingPackaging: cutting plastic and carbon from katsu curry
News: Sustainable packaging launch by restaurant chain will cut 330 tonnes of virgin plastic from supply chain and waste stream every year.
Continue readingPlastic pollution: ‘Future of Packaging’ in The Times
Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper asks whether it is time for mandatory measures to tackle plastic pollution.
Continue readingVenture capital backs eco-friendly period care
News: Period care has a plastic problem; so, ESG-based venture capital is investing in eco-friendly menstrual healthcare for a green economy.
Continue readingPollution on rise as only 9% plastic waste recycled
News: Pollution on rise, as report reveals that 22% of global plastic waste is mismanaged or littered and only 9% gets recycled.
Continue readingPackaging Tax: ‘Future of Plastics’ in The Times
Plastic Packaging Tax: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper asks whether UK Government is doing enough to stem the tide of pollution.
Continue readingFirst biodegradable non-plastic packaging to use graphene
News: UK biotech firm uses graphene to launch world’s first biodegradable, compostable, commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging.
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