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Category: plastics

Earth and Environment / plastics / recycling / sustainability

Yes, a 100% sustainable plastics industry is possible

A wholly-sustainable plastics industry is possible, researchers say. A new study shows what’s needed to make it a reality.

Earth and Environment / nanotechnology / plastics / pollution

Nanotech method could make profits from waste plastic

Recycling waste plastic isn’t effective because there’s no money in it. But what if all that plastic could become nanomaterials?

bisphenol A (BPA) / Featured / food / Health and Medicine / plastics

BPA-like chemical seeps from labels to food

Every day Canadians are exposed to a hormone disrupting chemical in the fresh foods they eat, as BPS migrates from labels into food.

materials science / metals / plastics / Science and Technology / sustainability

Fluorescent corrosion protection material repairs itself

A chance discovery led to a new plastic material that offers protection against corrosion, repairs itself, and can be reused multiple times.

Earth and Environment / food / Health and Medicine / plastics / pollution / pregnancy

Pregnant rats pass nanoplastic bits to unborn pups

Pregnant rats who eat nanoscale plastic bits pass them to their unborn offspring, research finds. Is the same true for humans?

Earth and Environment / oceans / plastics / pollution

To see microplastics from space, look for rough ocean surface

Looking at the roughness of the ocean’s surface could be a way to spot microplastics pollution from space, report researchers.

Earth and Environment / light / plastics / pollution

Unexpected reactions happen when light and nanoplastics meet

“As more plastic debris accumulates in the natural environment, there are increasing concerns about its adverse effects.”

Earth and Environment / light / plastics / pollution

Unexpected reactions happen when light and nanoplastics meet

“As more plastic debris accumulates in the natural environment, there are increasing concerns about its adverse effects.”

business / Earth and Environment / plastics / pollution / sustainability

Plastic pledges from top companies don’t mean much

“Three-quarters of the world’s 300 largest companies made at least one commitment that was neither time-bound nor measurable.”

Earth and Environment / oceans / plastics / pollution / whales

Some whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day

Whales eat more tiny specks of plastic than previously thought. And nearly all of it comes from the animals they eat, not the water they gulp.

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