The reason these countries are restricting plastic imports is because of serious environmental and labour issues with the way the majority of plastics are recycled. For example, in Vietnam more than half of the plastic imported into the country is sold on to "craft villages", where it is proc...
This makes chitosan one of the most plentiful biopolymers – and edible packaging a much greener alternative to plastics. Green packaging solutions checklist Here are five ways to make your packaging more sustainable. See which could work for you: 1. Choose sustainable packa...
E-waste recycling is largely a process of separating plastics from metals and internal circuitry. Efficiency in this separation of materials is the foundation of economically viable electronics recycling because the e-waste stream must be processed in a way that separates commodities that can be used...
Scientists at UC Berkeleyinvented a way to make compostable plastics break down faster and with less energy, solving a problem that has flummoxed the plastics industry and environmentalists. They embedded polyester-eating enzymes in the plastic as it's made. These enzymes are protected by a simpl...
Plus, these kinds of robo-organisms could possibly be the key to drug transmission in the body or greener environmental clean-up techniques. "Most technologies are made from steel, concrete, chemicals, and plastics, which degrade(降解)over time and can generate harmful ecological and health side...
Scientists from McGill University in Montreal found that some ‘plastic’ tea bags shed high levels of micro plastics into water. However, The World Health Organization says such particles in drinking water do not appear to pose a risk. Most tea bags are made from paper, with a small amount...
The only plastic that’s really non-recyclable is clingwrap. Most plastics are made using PVC, which is recyclable. Clingwrap is, however, composed of complex chemicals to make it malleable. Rather opt for foil as an alternative to clingwrap. ...
When we throw a plastic container away, we usually don’t think about what happens to it after it leaves our sight. It turns out that many plastics we use every day are not able to be recycled. Only some of them can be turned into something else. The rest ends up in landfills, or...
But in fact, clothes made from plastics can be even better than those made from common materials. Plastic threads can also be made into different materials, such as cotton, silk, or even wool. It seems that this innovation(创新) may lead to a greener future of fashion.1. What was Alia...
It is exhausting to drive a car in heavy traffic. It often happens that a driver can be held up on his way because of a traffic jam. What is worse, cars are responsible for most of the smog in cities, which pollutes the environment seriously. In spite of all the above-mentioned, I...