The dirt on packaged rhino beetles
Bags of potting soil have become love hotels and nurseries for the highly invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle on the island of Guam.
Ecology
Dec 21, 2016
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Drought-hit farmers in US heartland hope Mississippi 'comes back'
Jonathan Driver, an Arkansas farmer with blackened hands and a thick southern drawl, doesn't have a minute to spare.
Environment
Oct 24, 2023
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Modern milkman: Company offers delivery and pickup of no-waste household supplies and groceries
It's the stuff everyone tries to get rid of but that never really goes away:
Environment
Jun 17, 2019
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Zippers give bags new edge -- pipe sergeant
It’s an idea that Jack Lee calls tailor-made for the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band – bags with zippers.
Other
Aug 7, 2012
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Researchers report new class of polyethylene catalyst
A team of chemists from the University of Houston has reported the discovery of a new class of catalyst to produce ultra-high-weight polyethylene, a potential new source of high-strength, abrasion-resistant plastic used for ...
Materials Science
Jan 25, 2019
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'We abuse plastic, it's so cheap': UN Environment chief
Humanity uses and abuses hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic a year because "it's so cheap", despite the huge cost of the pollution it creates, the head of the UN Environment Programme told AFP.
Environment
May 26, 2023
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New York state prepares to ban plastic bags
After several failed attempts, New York state is poised to ban single-use plastic bags provided by stores, making it only the second US state, after California, to pass such a rule.
Environment
Mar 29, 2019
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Scientists gather to study risk from microplastic pollution
Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of rice are turning up everywhere in oceans, from the water to the guts of fish and the poop of sea otters and giant killer whales.
Environment
Feb 24, 2020
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Sustainable biosynthetic transparent films developed for plastic substitute
Nowadays there is no getting away from plastics. We are producing over 300 million tons of plastic every year, over 40% of which is manufactured into films for packaging. Many of these plastic film products, such as plastic ...
Materials Science
Aug 17, 2020
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In the Himalayan peaks, UC tests designs to improve researchers' lives in the field
University of Cincinnati geologists – who routinely find themselves between a rock and a hard place when collecting research samples – have become the inspiration for prototype designs created by faculty and students ...
Other
Aug 22, 2011
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