The eco guide to plastic bags
Here’s how to change your shopping habits when one-use disposable bags are taxed in England from 5 October
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Beyond plastic: creating sustainable materials from recycled waste
New, innovative materials can be produced from everyday waste – could they offer a sustainable alternative to plastic or wood?
Eco-chic fashion: Recycled plastic T-shirts vending machine at New York Fashion Week
Plastic bottle as currency. Our everyday plastics can become beautiful, stylish clothing and accessories. Looking to be both fashion-conscious and eco-conscious? Plastics Make it Possible initiative helped New Yorkers explore this cool new trend. For three days during New York Fashion Week, the passers on midtown 8th Avenue were able to “buy” a limited edition designer … Read more
Plastic Whale fighting the plastic soup
Plastic whale creates awareness about the plastic soup Plastic waste is floating around in the waters of our globe creating a dangerous soup harming the environment. Amsterdam’s Plastic Whale Foundation builds a special boat for the collection of the waste. Plastic Whale is fighting for plastic free waters around the world, but the boat starts … Read more
“The ocean cleanup” or how to extract plastics from the ocean
Massive quantities of plastic garbage are already contaminating our oceans. Where millions of tons of plastic kill ocean life and poison food chains, somebody sees opportunities to combat this. To extract 7 billion kg of plastic from the ocean in just 5 years? Is this feasible? Dutch tech student Boyan Slat says yes. His concept called … Read more
The curse of the plastic. Plastic lost at sea is an environmental and potential human health hazard
Plastic: The threats of oceans and coasline Take a look around you- most of what we eat, drink, or use in any way comes packaged in petroleum plastic– a material designed to last forever, yet used for products that we then throw away. Each year, humanity pours six million tons of plastic into the sea. The oceanographer … Read more