These Bendy Plastic Chips Fit in Unusual Places
Like anyone who designs computer chips for a living, James Myers is, at his core, a silicon guy. “Silicon is brilliant,” he says. Brilliant because it’s a…
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How Lego Perfected the Recycled Plastic Brick
The brick also needs to not only hold its shape and keep that clutch but do so over entire generations of play, because Brooks says such materials creep and…
Flipkart Says It Eliminated Single-Use Plastic Packaging Throughout Supply Chain
E-commerce marketplace Flipkart said on Wednesday it has eliminated all single-use plastic packaging used across fulfillment centres in India, delivering on…
Flipkart Says It Has Eliminated Single-Use Plastic Packaging
E-commerce marketplace Flipkart said on Wednesday it has eliminated all single-use plastic packaging used across fulfillment centres in India, delivering on…
Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?
Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway…
UK Researchers Turn Plastic Waste Into Vanilla Flavour: All the Details
Plastic waste — that includes carry bags, soft drink or water bottles, more — may soon be converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered…
This Plastic Phone Case Could Biodegrade Within 2 Years
“The test data shows a consistent trend in biodegradation and if we take that trend and extrapolate it, we are able to predict that in a landfill…
Your Clothes Spew Microfibers Before They’re Even Clothes
But why worry about invisible little bits of plastic escaping into the environment? Because microfibers (and microplastics in general) have thoroughly…
Plastic planet: Tracking pervasive microplastics across the globe
Really big systems, like ocean currents and weather, work on really big scales. And so too does your plastic waste, according to new research from Janice…