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How Much Plastic Goes into the Ocean Each Year?

Article - 14 Dec 2018

The war on plastic has been growing in strength over the past few years. The full effects of plastic in the ocean are filtering into the public consciousness and have resulted in environmental...

Things You Didn't Know You Could Recycle

Article - 26 Nov 2018

While there has been increased effort to recycle materials in order to reduce energy consumption, raw material production and land fill.

How Do Biodegradable Sensors Work?

Article - 26 Nov 2018

There is much interest in developing sensors made from non-toxic materials that are also biodegradable; current sensors, while innovative and beneficial, are laced with precious metals which are...

Plastic Water Bottles are a Danger to Your Health

Article - 7 Sep 2018

Plastic water bottles are not only a blight on the environment, it turns out they’re bad for your health too. Did you know that chemicals found in the bottles – and in plastic food containers and...

How Plastic Pollution is Affecting the Ocean Wildlife

Article - 16 May 2018

A huge whale with a plastic bucket stuck in its mouth, new-born dolphin calves being exposed to pollutants through their mother’s contaminated milk

Glowing Plants May One Day Replace Electric Lights

Article - 19 Dec 2017

Engineers at MIT have embedded nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, which induces them to give off a dim light that lasts for a few hours.

Wireless Charging: Making the World Greener

Article - 16 Nov 2012

Wireless charging is an advancing technology which eliminates the hassles involved in the use of a power cord.

Nanocellulose: Rediscovering Forest Resources

Article - 27 Jun 2012

Cellulose was first discovered by the French scientist Anselme Payen in 1838, when he noticed a resistant fibrous solid that remained behind after treating plant tissue with acids and ammonia.

Plastics and the Dangers of Plastic Additive Contamination on Food, Drink and the Environment

Article - 11 Aug 2009

We've all now heard the warnings that potentially dangerous chemicals can leach from plastic containers into food and drink but what are these chemicals, how do they get out of the plastic and what...

Driving The Environment Forward With Safe, Reliable and Environmentally Friendly Retread Tires

Article - 9 Aug 2009

The retread tire industry are amused by the green bandwagon, since they were a green industry long before the word became fashionable. Thanks to retreading many hundreds of millions of gallons of oil...