Tag: plastic
EU decides to ban single-use plastic packaging from 2030
As of: April 24, 2024 3:55 p.m The EU is declaring war on single-use plastic: from 2030, all packaging should be recyclable. There should no longer be many small packages…
Environment: Ocean Cleanup fishes plastic waste out of the water
Environment Ocean Cleanup fishes plastic waste out of the water The Ocean Cleanup organization collects trash from the Las Vacas River in Guatemala. photo © -/The Ocean Cleanup/dpa A project…
Why the gray plastic block became so successful
Hanover. If you grew up in the 1990s, you probably came into contact with it several times – even if you weren’t a gamer yourself. On April 21, 1989, 35…
Searches at Nestlé, suspected of illegal dumping of plastic bottles
Is the Nestlé group behind illegal dumping of plastic bottles in the Vosges? Searches were carried out on Tuesday at the Vittel and Contrexéville sites, we learned from the group’s…
New reactor could save millions in making plastic and rubber components from natural gas
A new process for making a key ingredient in plastics, adhesives, carpet fibers, household cleaners and more from natural gas could cut manufacturing costs in a post-oil economy by millions…
Europe: This is changing with the new anti-plastic law
Goodbye milk cans: Hardly any other law has as big an impact on the everyday lives of millions of Europeans as the EU’s new packaging regulation. source site
These superworms could solve the plastic waste problem
Researchers at the University of Singapore are currently studying so-called superworms. These have the special property of being able to feed on plastic parts. The scientists are now trying to…
DB is abolishing plastic cards: BahnCard will only be digital from June
As of: March 15, 2024 10:12 a.m From June 9th, DB customers will no longer receive their BahnCard 25 or 50 as a plastic card, but will have to use…
Microplastics in the carotid artery: How dangerous is it for humans? – Health
As widespread as plastic is in everyday human life, its remains are just as omnipresent. Plastic objects ground into tiny particles have been found on lonely mountain peaks as well…
Microplastics in the carotid artery – health
As widespread as plastic is in everyday human life, its remains are just as omnipresent. Plastic objects ground into tiny particles have been found on lonely mountain peaks as well…