Tag: plastics
Will you take your water from nano plastics or pesticides?
A recent study reports the presence of micro and nano plastics in bottled water 100 times higher than previously measured. News that questions, once again, the quality of the water…
Will you take your water from nano plastics or pesticides?
Let us spare ourselves for the occasion an introduction based on “water is life”. A recent study published by a team of researchers from Columbia University, in New York, aiming…
Are biodegradable plastics really? On your trowels!
At a time when plastic pollution is reaching such alarming proportions that it is creating floating continents, how can we be sure that our efforts are not in vain? And…
Less plastic than feared ends up in the sea – knowledge
Ocean researchers have been puzzled for a long time: Some estimates suggest that between four and 12.7 million tons of plastic waste end up in the seas every year, for…
Packaging tax in Tübingen: a remedy against plastic waste – knowledge
When it comes to plastic waste, the whole of Germany turns out to be a ban party. When pollsters ask about the correct way to deal with plastic, more than…
WWF’s recommendations to free humanity from its addiction to plastics
It is a much-awaited treaty, especially by environmentalists. To weigh in on this future international text against plastic pollution, whose negotiations are being conducted under the aegis of the United…
Pollution: Microplastics: Research wants sustainable plastics
environmental pollution Microplastics: Research wants sustainable plastics Researchers want an obligation for the industry to disclose all the ingredients in their plastic. photo © Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB When plastic gets into…
Even if we stopped producing them today, plastics would take millennia to be digested by the Earth
“Plastic is fantastic”… Except for our good old planet. Practical, resistant, with multiple properties, this material has been part of our daily lives for decades. But in recent years, various…
Plastics: When waste becomes raw materials
Produce, use and then away with it. This is how the plastics industry has been working for decades. That should change. What challenges the industry is facing. source site
Plastic waste can be expensive for manufacturers and insurers – economy
The pollution of the environment by plastic and the health consequences of the production and use of plastic products cost humanity hundreds of billions of euros every year. Plastic manufacturers…