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Project Could Increase Plastic Bottles' Recycled Content to 30 Percent

News - 22 Feb 2022

Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have been funded by Innovate UK to develop additives and processing methods that will drastically increase the recycled content of plastic...

Water Stored in Reusable Plastic Bottles Contain Hundreds of Chemicals

News - 14 Feb 2022

University of Copenhagen Chemicals scientists have discovered several hundred different chemical elements in tap water that are found in reusable plastic bottles. Selina Tisler in the lab. Image...

“Message in a Bottle” Tags Show How Far and Fast Plastic Pollution can Move

News - 3 Dec 2020

As shown by electronic tags released in the Ganges river, plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometers in a matter of months. Emily Duncan releases a bottle. Image Credit: Sara Hylton...

Microplastics can be Released by Just Opening a Plastic Bottle

News - 20 Mar 2020

Image Credit: nito / Shutterstock.com Scientists at the University of Newcastle, Australia, have discovered that microplastics are released just by the action of opening a plastic bottle. These...

Coca-Cola: First Ever Plastic Bottle Based on Recycled Marine Waste

News - 17 Oct 2019

Coca-Cola has unveiled the first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that, one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food or...

15% Increase in Plastic Bottles Washing Up on Inaccessible Island

News - 2 Oct 2019

Image credit: Ethan Daniels / Shutterstock.com Inaccessible Island is an extinct volcano and world heritage site rising out of the South Atlantic Ocean. Most of the island periphery is sheer...

Researchers Turn Plastic Water Bottles into Prosthetic Limbs

News - 20 Aug 2019

Artificial limbs made out of plastic water bottles could save healthcare providers millions of pounds and help tackle pollution at the same time. An expert at De Montfort University Leicester...

Carbios Produces the First PET-Bottles Made With 100% Recycled Plastic Waste

News - 6 Mar 2019

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a company pioneering new, bioindustrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, has announced that it has successfully produced the...

New Recycling Process to Ensure Profitable Second Lives for Future Plastic Bottles

News - 28 Feb 2019

A new recycling process has been developed by the researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This process involves the conversion of...

Addition of Irradiated Plastic Water Bottles Could Reduce Cement Industry’s Carbon Emissions

News - 25 Oct 2017

Discarded plastic bottles could one day be used to build stronger, more flexible concrete structures, from sidewalks and street barriers, to buildings and bridges, according to a new study. MIT...