Machine Learning Improves Enzyme Eating Plastic
A bacteria that eats plastic may sound too good to be true since we have so much plastic waste littering the planet. The rouble with plastic eating bacterias is that…
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Canada Starts Single Use Plastic Ban
Canada joins other nations in the banning of wasteful single use plastics starting at the end of this month. Canada’s plastic ban is being rolled out in an incremental fashion…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Hussein Kadhem Al-Hakeim et al. examine the relationship between oxygen deprivation and severe long COVID symptoms. Crawford Kilian makes the case for…
Plastic-Free Cucumbers Hit the Shelves in Canada
Canadians love putting food in petroleum products so much that we ship cucumbers and milk in plastic (yes, you can buy milk in plastic sacks). Thankfully, Canadians are starting to…
Existing Water Filters Can Catch Microplastics
Plastic waste is everywhere and the tinier the plastic is the harder it is to deal with. These microplastics are proving to be very difficult to address which has sent…
EU Says No to Forever Chemicals
The dangers of microplastics and “forever chemicals” are well known and now legislators in the European Union are acting to protect their people from these primarily petroleum-based creations. New restrictions…
A Kenyan Factory Turns Plastic Waste into Bricks
Nzambi Matee got tired of waiting for a solution to all the plastic waste she saw, so she created a company to deal with it. The material engineer opened a…
This Company Makes Products Out of Thin Air by Capturing co2
A materials company in Berlin wants to build the world using carbon taken our of the air – making it the first carbon-negative materials manufacture. Made of Air has sunglasses…
A Fresh Take On Sustainability In The Meal Kit Industry
Meal kits have found a place in the marketplace because they make home cooking easy and convenient. But they have a higher environmental footprint than traditional grocery shopping. A new…
Plastics are Toxic in Canada
The advertising around plastics highlights how recyclable it is, but in reality plastics are a pollutant that barely get recycled in a meaningful way (this is why the 3Rs are…
Sustainable Bioplastics: Are They Really Greener?
Canada announced its commitment to ban a list of non-reusable plastic products by 2022. Restaurants, grocers, and other businesses will need to quickly find a viable solution to replace single-use…
Sustainable Bioplastics: Are They Really Greener?
Canada announced its commitment to ban a list of non-reusable plastic products by 2022. Restaurants, grocers, and other businesses will need to quickly find a viable solution to replace single-use…
Sustainable Bioplastics: Are They Really Greener?
Canada announced its commitment to ban a list of non-reusable plastic products by 2022. Restaurants, grocers, and other businesses will need to quickly find a viable solution to replace single-use…
Alberta and the plastics promise
In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” young Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college, is taken aside by a middle-aged neighbour at a cocktail party and offered…
Canada set to ban Single-Use Plastics by 2021
The Canadian government announced plans this week to ban all single-use plastics by 2021. This is a great step in protecting the environment from the wastefulness of stars and plastic…
New York Banning Plastic Bags
Everyone knows the harm plastics are bringing to the world, especially to marine animals and waterways. In an effort to reduce the harm done by plastics New York state is…
How to Remove Plastic From Your Life
We all know that plastics are bad for the earth and the oceans. Indeed, a study published last month found that plastic was found in the deepest ocean dwelling animals.…
Europe Bans Single Use Plastics
Plastics last a long time before breaking down, which makes them a major problem for the natural environment. This year we’ve seen a big push to ban “single use” plastics…
Stick it to Straws
People are more aware than ever before about the damage to our planet caused by plastics. The whole life-cycle of plastics causes harm from collecting non-renewable oils to the long…
Breakdown Plastic Using Digestive Enzymes
Recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics is difficult as the hard material is tough to breakdown. For years there’s been research into using bacteria to eat the plastic to help with…