UK supplement brands face new subscription rules
The move is part of a broader wave of initiatives during Burnham’s first 29 days in office, as…
Scientists finally find a way to recycle plastic indefinitely
Chemistry chair Wei Zhang (right) and Graduate Research Assistant Zepeng Lei study plastic materials in the Zhang Lab.…
CVS Is Switching to Aluminum Pill Bottles
CVS is changing up its over-the-counter pill bottles, swapping out the plastic for aluminum. For decades, pills have…
400M tons of plastic generated yearly. UConn grad hopes to change it
The world is currently experiencing a “plastic crisis,” with over 400 million tons of plastic waste generated annually…
Ant Hamlyn Taps into the Optimism of Y2K in Squished Floral Sculptures — Colossal
Glossy, synthetic, and very compressed, Ant Hamlyn’s botanicals are unlike anything you’d find in nature. He taps into…
We must Eliminate Plastic before it Eliminates Us
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How can we fight what I have called the plague…
Scientists Are Turning Ocean Trash Into Roads – and It’s Actually Working
Researchers in Hawaii are exploring an innovative way to turn discarded fishing nets and household plastic waste into…
Phone Case Brand Designs Autonomous Floating Plastic Collection Platform to Combat Ocean Waste
The Circular Blue platform at its moorings in Taiwan – credit, supplied by RHINOSHIELD In a stunning act…
Goodbye Plastic? Scientists Create New Supermaterial That Could Transform Modern Manufacturing
A new study in Nature Communications reports the development of an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose…
Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040
Dutch inventor Boyan Slat believes that the world’s ocean plastic crisis could be dramatically reduced within the next…