C&EN23 天
52 million tons of plastic slips into the environment every year
This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024 ...
CBS News28 天
Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a ...
Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...
Phys.org29 天
Composite plastic degrades easily with bacteria, offers environmental benefits
In one experiment that revealed the new plastic's strength, a 0.04-millimeter-thick strip of the material withstood a load of 6 kilograms. Moreover, the team discovered that the new material had ...
Smithsonian Magazine29 天
Humans Pollute the Environment With 57 Million Tons of Plastic Each Year, Study Suggests
Put another way, that’s about 57 million tons (52 million metric tons) of plastic waste that was not properly disposed of—and pieces of it could now be floating in the ocean, sitting at the ...
University of California29 天
New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics
The catalytic process, developed at the University of California, Berkeley, works equally well with the two dominant types of post-consumer plastic waste: polyethylene, the component of most ...
PBS29 天
The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds
The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study ...
The Washington Post1 个月
The world is burning an alarming amount of plastic, scientists say
The world produces around 250 million tons of plastic waste in municipalities in one year — plastic bottles, cigarette butts, plastic packaging and much more. Much of that waste — equivalent ...
Star Tribune1 个月
Fraught plastic film recycling plant in Rogers reopening with new ownership
Plastic bags await shredding at the recycling facility in Rogers in December then run by MyPlas. GDB Circular is reopening the plant. (Shari L. Gross/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
Phys.org1 个月
Uncollected waste and open burning major sources of plastic pollution, global study finds
A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of ...
University of Leeds1 个月
Uncollected waste and open burning are leading causes of plastic pollution crisis
A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...
Los Angeles Times1 个月
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling?
Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.