Single-use plastic bans: Research shows three ways to make them effective
Governments around the world are introducing single-use plastic product bans to alleviate pollution.
Environment
Jan 13, 2023
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Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions
Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both strong contributors to today's skyrocketing health care costs and significant obstacles ...
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2023
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Scientists enhance recyclability of post-consumer plastic
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) have developed a new method for recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
Polymers
Dec 22, 2022
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Los Angeles officials ban Styrofoam products in move toward 'zero-waste' city
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new ban on certain single-use plastics, taking the latest step in an effort toward becoming a "zero-waste" city.
Environment
Dec 7, 2022
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Single-use cardboard boxes or reusable plastic crates—which type of packaging is more sustainable?
Plastic or cardboard? Single-use or reusable? The question on which type of packaging is the more sustainable solution is not an easy one to answer.
Environment
Nov 25, 2022
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Scientists say chemicals could undercut global plastics treaty
Next week the United Nations intergovernmental negotiating committee will meet in Uruguay to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. There is concern brewing among scientists that the negotiations ...
Environment
Nov 22, 2022
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The Israeli coastline is contaminated with more than two tons of microplastics
A new Tel Aviv University study conducted in collaboration with the Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel examined the level of microplastic pollution along Israel's coastline. The researchers collected sand samples ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2022
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These cellulose nanofibers might be an alternative to petroleum-based plastics
Single-use plastics have saved many lives by improving sanitation in health care. However, the sheer quantity of plastic waste—which can take from tens to hundreds of years to decompose—is a global pollution scourge. ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 25, 2022
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Plastic recycling remains a 'myth': Greenpeace study
Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace U.S. report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Environment
Oct 24, 2022
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Virginia voters care about pollution. So why is the Chesapeake Bay dirty?
A majority of Virginia voters are concerned about pollution, particularly plastics clogging waterways and runoff that contaminates waters, according to a recent survey by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, Clean ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2022
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