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Recycled Polypropylene Shows Promise for Sustainable Food Packaging

News - 19 Sep 2023

New research on the growing uses of recycled polypropylene in plastic packaging finds it performs well and has the potential to meet environmental goals and reduce raw material costs. Conclusions...

Removing Microplastics From Water Using Plant-Based Materials

News - 17 Aug 2023

Plants could be the solution to the impending threat of microplastic pollution. Researchers at UBC’s BioProducts Institute discovered that adding tannins—natural plant compounds that cause...

Sustainable Batteries - The Future of Responsible Clean Technology

News - 8 Aug 2023

Sustainable batteries play a crucial role in advancing clean technology for a cleaner and greener future. At the forefront of this transformative field is Sorbiforce, an innovative company dedicated...

Electrochemical Plastic Dissolution: Shaping the Future of Recycling

News - 7 Jul 2023

PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate) is the most commonly used plastic that is used to manufacture single-use packaging, including drink containers. In the US, over 85% of single-use plastic water...

Chula Designs Five Strategies to Achieve ’2050 Net-Zero Transition’ Plan

News - 31 May 2023

Currently, Net Zero Emission is an issue that many countries around the world are focusing on and urgently addressing following the mandate of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Argonne Scientists Analyze Circular Pathways to Reduce, Reuse or Recycle Plastics

News - 20 Apr 2023

What’s New? Our society has a love affair with plastic. To take our relationship to the next level — happily ever after in a waste-free future — the path is...

Removing and Recycling Lab Plastics

News - 19 Apr 2023

In 2019, MIT's Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Office collaborated with several research labs in the Department of Biology to determine the feasibility of recycling clean lab plastics. Based...

Envetec's GENERATIONS Shows Ability to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by an Average of 90%

News - 28 Mar 2023

Envetec Sustainable Technologies Limited ("Envetec"), the world's first and only cleantech company with validated technology dedicated to treating and eradicating biohazardous laboratory...

Chemical Recycling Route for the Conversion of HDPE

News - 15 Mar 2023

Plastics are materials with properties essential to the modern world. They are adjustable, strong, versatile, long-lasting, and reasonably priced. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is widely used in...

Understanding the Toxicity Mechanism of PET Exposure

News - 9 Mar 2023

PET, the plastic utilized in making bottles, is widespread in the natural environment. In a collaborative study, researchers from Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research...