Where your recycling actually goes—and what you can do about it this Earth Day
Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate.
Environment
Apr 22, 2022
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A new class of catalysts for environmentally-friendly coatings
Chemists from Konstanz have developed a new class of catalysts that enable manufacturing of polyethylene dispersions directly in water. This opens up perspectives for the environmentally-friendly, solvent-free production ...
Materials Science
Apr 21, 2022
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Use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics
What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle was returned to its original components, ready to be made into a new plastic bottle instead of possibly ending up in a landfill.
Materials Science
Apr 13, 2022
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Data-driven citizen science changes the way communities deal with flooding
Vulnerable communities around the world could soon be able to use a new mobile phone app to help prevent disastrous floods thanks to a South American "citizen science" pilot.
Environment
Mar 30, 2022
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'Trash has value': Kenyan inventor turns plastic into bricks
"Plastic still has value," said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory.
Environment
Mar 29, 2022
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Better recycling required to remove potentially harmful chemicals from bottled drinks, new study warns
Researchers from Brunel University London found 150 chemicals that had leached into drinks from plastic bottles, with 18 of those chemicals found in levels exceeding regulations.
Materials Science
Mar 21, 2022
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Treasured trash: UK waste gets new lease of life
From facial scrubs using coffee grounds to clothes made from plastic bottles and furniture decorated with agave fibres, efforts to upcycle or repurpose waste products are gaining traction in Britain.
Environment
Feb 17, 2022
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Two-dimensional polymer helps create a new lightweight material that is stronger than steel
Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities.
Materials Science
Feb 2, 2022
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Pandemic saw sales of bottled water dip in Asia Pacific
Measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 caused a decline in the sales of bottled water across the Asia Pacific region during 2020, according to a study by the global market research firm, Euromonitor International.
Economics & Business
Jan 14, 2022
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No, putting a spoon in an open bottle of champagne doesn't keep it bubbly, but there is a better way
At a recent tasting, I was presenting some sparkling wines from the Limoux region of France, a region that produced sparkling wines at least 100 years before wines from the Champagne region were well known.
General Physics
Jan 3, 2022
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