Municipal Waste Alberta counties team up for grain bag recycling August 22, 2018 Lacombe County, Red Deer County, and Ponoka County recently joined together to ensure the proper recycling of plastic grain bags. “For a number of years, Council has explored options for recycling agricultural plastics,” explained Lacombe County…
Plastics Bio-based plastics can reduce waste, but only if we invest in both making and getting rid of them August 22, 2018 Bio-based plastics are a promising option for reducing plastic waste, but scaling them up will require substantial investments, both in making them and in special facilities for disposing of them.
Circular Economy Scientists invent infinitely recyclable polymer August 15, 2018 Eugene Chen, Colorado State University professor of chemistry The world fell in love with plastics because they’re cheap, convenient, lightweight and long-lasting. For these same reasons, plastics are now trashing…
Plastics Microplastics have invaded Antarctica July 20, 2018 Microplastics are dispersing all over the world – in the water column, sediments, and marine animal diets – even reaching as far south as the pristine environments of Antarctica.
China China’s plastic waste ban may force packaging change: study July 19, 2018 China’s decision to stop importing recyclable plastic waste in January 2018 has left the world with little choice but to landfill recyclables for which no market now exists. The move,…
Plastics How to clean up our universal plastic tragedy July 5, 2018 Twenty five years ago, I spent a summer removing plastic packing bands and plastic nets from 135 entangled Antarctic fur seals on Bird Island, South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic. Plastic…
Plastics Seaweed, Indonesia’s answer to the global plastic crisis June 15, 2018 Indonesia is also the world’s largest producer of red seaweed, whose carbohydrate element is the key ingredient for bioplastics
Plastics We have no idea how much microplastic is in Australia’s soil (but it could be a lot) May 24, 2018 Norwegian research estimates that in Europe and North America, between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastic are transferred to agricultural soils each year.
Plastics Quebec study defends plastic shopping bags as not single-use May 15, 2018 Conducted by the Government of Quebec, the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) found that no replacement option has an environmental advantage in the event of a ban on plastic shopping bags. A…
