A chance observation by a researcher in Spain could help humans reduce the ecological damage caused by polyethylene-based packaging.
Pretty Plastic Plant is an assembly of six machines that can sort waste plastic by color, wash it, melt it and turn it into plastic slates and tiles.
Economic evidence suggests that the scheme could be cheaper to run, and boost recycling more, if it was run as a lottery instead, with every recycled bottle representing a “ticket” to a prize draw.
Dell project will recycle "ocean plastic" into product packaging.
Belgian architect and visionary Vincent Callebaut suggested a new urban design concept that emphasizes sustainability and puts a particular focus on the treatment of our oceans.
The New Plastics Economy is a three-year initiative to build momentum toward a plastics system that works. The initiative provides a global action plan to align with the principles of the circular economy.
Chemists discover structure of bacterial enzyme that generates useful polymers.
Colombian architect Oscar Mendez is building a house with blocks and cuboids made of discarded plastics. Now the invention has started to benefit thousands of homeless.
Chinese chemists have developed a remarkably efficient method for converting polyethylene into liquid fuel. If it proves scaleable, it could make a real dent in global plastic pollution.
Over one million PET bottles will be recycled to construct the Plastic Bottle Village in Panama.
