Most Plastic Bottles Can Only Be Recycled Once. But Scientists Find A Way to Recycle Plastic Indefinitely
New technique breaks down polyethylene and polypropylene into building blocks for new plastics.
Tag: recycling
What’s the deal with the purple track at the Paris Olympics? It has a secret ingredient
The colour choice is largely aesthetic but the material used is unique.
These circuit boards turn into jelly so that you can recycle them again and again
Printed circuit boards made of a new type of plastic called vitrimer may solve our toxic e-waste problem to a ...
This startup is using dead leaves to make paper without cutting trees
The paper products emit nearly 80% less CO2 and use 15 less water than traditional paper.
Scientists figured out a way to recycle clothes — without needing to burn them
The technology separates fibers in the clothes, allowing them to be used again.
Scientists finally find a way to recycle plastic indefinitely
Most plastic products can't be recycled back into their original form. It's time to change that.
Why is recycling so important? The dirty truth behind our trash
We need to change the way we think about waste.
Startup turns non-recyclable plastic into building blocks
It's challenging the notion of what non-recyclable plastic even means in the first place -- and we like it a ...
Whales eat much more than we assumed, and it has huge ecological implications
More to the point, the decline in whale populations is affecting the health of ocean ecosystems.
World’s first recyclable wind turbine blade closes the sustainability loop in wind energy
Turbine blades have always been the Achilles heel of wind power -- until now.
A cost-effective way to recycle plastic could be commercially available in ‘5 to 10 years’
Not a decade too soon.
Recycling is important. It’s also overrated. Here’s what truly makes a dent in environmental pollution
Always remember the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. But in this order!
Recycling paper might not be as good for the world’s climate as we think
It's only meaningful when it's powered by renewable energy, according to a new study.
Despite pandemic, recycling is fast expanding across the UK
Nine out of ten households said to regularly recycle and willing to do more for the environment
A record 53.6 million tons of e-waste was produced last year, says UN
There's sign of decline in the near future.
Avoiding single-use plastic was becoming normal, until coronavirus. Here’s how we can return to good habits
The pandemic is not a green light for pollution.
‘Terminator’ rubber tires made from industrial waste can repair themselves on the go
The new rubber material is a 'latent adhesive' that doesn't become sticky unless you add a catalyst.
Four leading brands are responsible for 500,000 tons of plastic pollution per year
Enough to cover 83 football pitchers every day
Your recycled plastic might be ending up in a landfill. Here’s why
Recycling facilities in the US can't process most of the plastics
South Africa is repaving its roads with recycled plastic milk bottles
A company developed a technology to fix the roads and deal with plastic waste
New catalyst nanoparticle turns plastic waste into high-quality hydrocarbons for oils, waxes, cosmetics
Sick of plastic waste? So are these researchers.
Can recycle help the environment? Not for half of UK adults
Many Britons are woefully unaware of the importance of recycling.
New method of CO2 capture is cheaper, more effective, and “a key step toward closing the carbon loop”
This process might finally allow for commercially-viable CO2 recycling.
In the stone-age people recycled flint on purpose to produce precision blades
Second-hand flint, ironically, was more of a precision implement that fresh flint.
Europe’s microwave ovens release as much CO2 as 6.8 million cars
That's a lot of CO2.
We may face a huge shortage of essential raw materials stiffling green energy if governments don’t step up their game
Mining is dirty work. But more to the point, it's very slow to set-up.
Additive recycles incompatible mixed plastics into uber-polymer
It overcomes a major hurdle in plastic recycling.
New, fully recyclable and biodegradable plastic could change the world
Colorado State University chemists have done the impossible: they've synthesized a fully recyclable, biodegradable polymer. Their work will not only ...
Meager 5p bag tax slashes usage by 80%
When the Scottish government introduced a 5 pence tax for plastic bags, they were expecting a significant reduction, but even ...
Mexican Researchers Turn Old Plastic Bottles Into Waterproof Paper
A team of Mexican researchers found a way to save 20 trees and 56,000 liters of water for every ton ...
Sweden recycles 99 percent of its garbage. Here’s how they do it
Recycling is still a field where we have much work to do; while you hear talks about it everywhere, it's ...
People in Beijing can pay for public transportation in recycling
People from Beijing can now use one of the city's 34 newly installed facilities which allows them to pay for ...
Of scarceness and wastefulness: the history of recycling
Photo: Wikimedia Commons For some, it might seem like recycling popped out of the blue in the 1970's, once with ...
Don’t blame Tesco for mass food wastage, get creative and make your weekly shop go further
Courtesy of gopure.com Tesco recently hit the news once again in a whirlwind of controversy as it was revealed that ...
Giant mound of dumped tires is visible from space
Authorities have come across a giant mound of 250,000 scrap tires in rural South Carolina, so spread out that it ...
German town recycles 70% of garbage
Take a look at your town; take a look at the people around you, at the streets, and the garbage ...
