Plastic Pollution

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.-based Andretti Autosport has signed up as the sixth team to race in Extreme E next year, the electric off-road SUV racing series announced on Friday. The Michael Andretti-led outfit has won the Indianapolis 500 five times and taken four IndyCar series titles. It also runs the…

Throwaway plastic items were due to be banned from April after a consultation revealed "overwhelming" public support. The plastic lobbyists have been working overtime and have succeeded here. Help us keep The Ecologist working for the planet The Ecologist website is a free service, published by The Resurgence Trust, a…

Scientists say they’ve “engineered” a mutant bacterial enzyme that can easily break down plastic bottles for recycling in a matter of hours.Originally discovered in a compost heap by researchers in 2012, the enzyme reduces the bottles to their initial chemical building blocks which are then recycled to make brand new bottles.The…

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Coca-Cola launches label-free bottles for its water brand in Japan in a bid to reduce waste and pollutionI Lohas water, which has plain and flavoured varieties, has ditched their labelThe small bottles themselves are also made from 100 percent recycled plastic Bottles sold separately however will still have the label to display…

First published: 08 April 2020 Abstract Marine plastic pollution has a range of negative impacts for biota and the colonization of plastics in the marine environment by microorganisms may have significant ecological impacts. However, data on epiplastic organisms, particularly fungi, is still lacking for many ocean regions. To evaluate plastic…

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB) (Paris:ALCRB), a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announces the publication of an article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, entitled “ An engineered PET-depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles”. The…

Editor’s note: This post was written before the insanity and reality/tragedy of COVID-19 set in. Coincidentally, some of the items are awesome for home learning and independent play, so hopefully they’re extra useful to you and your family.My daughter just turned five. And it’s still blowing my mind — despite…

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Britain's 'protected' beaches have just as much litter on them as those in unprotected areas - including plastic, fishing materials and sewage debrisHuman made litter has been found on beaches in many marine protection areas Kent, Devon and Cornwall were the worst locations for litter in protected zones The type of rubbish…