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Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life
NPR· 2 hours agoThe industry responded by pitching recycling. But almost from the outset, corporations knew that recycling probably wouldn’t work to rein in waste, multiple investigations have shown. Now, faced ...
Startup revolutionizes the industry with its game-changing 'tree bark' packaging: 'World's first ......
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoBy making it easy and cost-effective for manufacturers to adopt eco-friendly packaging, Bpacks...
ORNL Inventor of the Year to speak on cutting plastic pollution
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe rest is buried in landfills or incinerated at commercial facilities that generate greenhouse...
Scientists discover ocean fungus that eats plastic
Salon.com· 3 days agoScientists have discovered a possible new tool for addressing the growing problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. A recently published study...
Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus in Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Inertia via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA marine microbe found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is capable of breaking down the plastic...
World Oceans Day: Superhero, Scientists Battle the Plastic Plague
PlasticsToday.com· 2 days agoIt all ends well, though, as our intrepid heroes call for collective action to recycle plastic and choose reusable products to “thwart the threat of < ...
Can Seaweed Solve the Beauty Industry's Plastic Problem?
Elle via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“Sway was born from the idea that the everyday materials we interact with can go beyond...
Watchdogs to monitor air pollution with more than $630K in Shell penalty funds
Beaver County Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe groups will “provide community education about air pollution and the health impacts associated...
A plastic-eating fungus is cleaning up the ocean better than we are
BGR· 3 days agoAmid the layers of microbes surrounding the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists have discovered...
Plastics producers are following Big Tobacco’s playbook, and we’re all paying the price
The Hill· 2 days agoThe tobacco industry has perfected this strategy: Remember when vaping came out as a “healthier”...