Tag: plastic
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…
Geologists reject “Anthropocene” as a new epoch – knowledge
Have humans changed the earth so profoundly that they have triggered their own geological era, the Anthropocene? Scientists have been arguing about this question for more than 20 years, after…
EU agreement to ban certain plastic packaging
As of: March 4, 2024 9:48 p.m The EU wants to significantly reduce packaging waste. Negotiators in Brussels have agreed to ban certain single-use plastic packaging from 2030. But the…
The Nonfictionale in Bad Aibling shows documentaries on the subject of the future – Munich
Sometimes the cinema travels into the past, sometimes into the future, depending on the genre. In Bad Aibling the focus is not on yesterday, today or tomorrow, but on “About:…