Plastic
05/26/2018
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By Michelle Simmons
Streets of the future could be made from tire waste and organic wax
Streets of the future could be made out of tire waste and organic wax, according to a study published in the journal Materiales de Construcción. The study revealed that tire waste and organic wax could be used to make sustainable asphalt. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Madrid in Spain developed a […]
08/06/2017
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By Rhonda Johansson
Humans have already manufactured 8.3 billion tons of plastic with no end in sight… landfill galore
In less than a generation, we have managed to successfully pollute our planet by discarding more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics; 6.3 billion tons of which has become waste. This was the condemning conclusion made in a new study published in Science Advances. Researchers from the University of Georgia studied data on the […]
07/11/2017
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By Rhonda Johansson
Here’s why you should NEVER reuse your plastic water bottles
Would you lick a toilet seat? Hey, don’t worry, you can just drink out of your used plastic bottle instead. Researchers have suggested that refilling plastic bottles and drinking from them causes more harm than good, with the item essentially becoming a breeding ground for bacteria. The study was conducted by Treadmill Reviews and analyzed […]
06/05/2017
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By Bridgette Wilcox
Newly-evolved microbes may be consuming plastic waste in the ocean
While scientists, environmentalists, and world leaders scramble to mitigate the effects of plastic pollution, mother nature has solved the problem herself through evolution. In investigating the amount of plastic in the oceans, scientists found that plastic-eating microbes may be helping lessen and prevent the increase of waste in the water, according to a report on NewScientist.com. Scientists […]
05/01/2017
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By Russel Davis
The end of plastic landfill? Researchers discover caterpillar that eats plastic; it’s called a “wax worm”
Plastic-eating caterpillars known as “wax worms” may one day help reduce the global pollution crisis, a study revealed. Prior to the study, an amateur beekeeper was cleaning her hives and placed the parasitic wax worms in a plastic bag, only to find out that the caterpillars were able to make holes in the plastic. As part of […]
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