We can all play our part when it comes to saving our planet and reducing plastic waste. And, a simple change can mean so much, especially if we focus on reducing the waste we create. Though it may sound impossible at first, this family shows that it’s more than doable. […]
In 2020, GNN reported that the French company Carbios had taken an enzyme from decomposing leaves and adapted it to be able to decompose plastic. Their hopeful project is already happening at the demonstration plant at Clermont-Ferrand. The company is presenting the recycling process and showing it can help achieve […]
This fiber from a relative of the banana tree may be the replacement to plastic used in millions of facial masks and hospital gowns which the world is producing for protection in the fight against the pandemic. Abaca is a fiber from the Philippines which is used in teabags and […]
The McDonald’s restaurants in Australia will be replacing plastic cutlery with wooden utensils. The fast-food chain announced this change at the plastic summit which recently took place in Australia. By the end of this year, the plastic cutlery in the 900 McDonald’s restaurants in Australia will be removed. This decision […]
According to a major survey of hundreds of recycling facilities throughout the US, a lot of the plastic items which Americans put in their bins for recycling aren’t being recycled at all! The survey was done by Greenpeace and its results showed that out of the 367 recycling facilities surveyed, […]
A group of Greenpeace activists and citizens brought a 15-feet tall ‘garbage monster’ to the state capitol in Tallahassee and then placed it in front of a Publix supermarket in order to spread awareness about the pollution with plastic bags. Publix continues showing scarce support in their efforts to remove […]
China is one of the major contributors to the global plastic pollution. From plastic sitting in landfills to plastic bags dangling from trees, this is a huge environmental issue that requires urgent and drastic measures. The Chinese government seems to be well-aware of this so they’ve recently announced measures to […]
Indeed, single use plastics is destroying our oceans and killing our marine life and filling up our landfills; however, this student from the UK may have come up with a solution. She created a bioplastic from fish waste and algae and won the James Dyson Award for it. Lucy Hughes […]
If you ever find yourself in Rome and travelling from the Termini train station to the Vatican, don’t forget to pick up a few plastic bottles along the way to pay for your ticket. Rome is testing a new method where a subway ticket can be paid with plastic bottles. […]
If you’re like most people, you’re probably using a plastic toothbrush, right? And, a lot of you have never even thought about what happens to a plastic toothbrush when you ditch it in the trash and replace it with a brand new, again, a plastic one. With plastic waste becoming […]