recycling
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The EU Is Planning A Ban On Single-Use Plastic Products
Plastic products at a French restaurant in 2016. The European Commission is proposing a ban on around 10 single-use plastic items that it says account for approximately 70 per cent of all garbage in the European Union’s waters and beaches, including cutlery, straws, cotton buds, plates, some coffee cups, and stirrers, CNN Money reported on…
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Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment
A couple of years ago, scientists discovered an enzyme in a waste recycling centre in Japan that digests plastic. During a recent experiment to understand how this enzyme works, scientists accidentally created a mutated version that breaks down plastic even better than the one found in nature. The discovery could go a long way in…
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Australian Scientists Just Worked Out How To Clean Up Mercury With Recycled Cooking Oil
Turns out waste cooking oil can be used to extract mercury from the environment. Who knew?
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How To Build Giant Structures Using Soft Drink Bottles And A 3D Printer
Reduce, re-use and recycle are words to live by as we try to minimise humanity’s demand for our planet’s natural resources. But instead of sending your empty soft drink bottles off to be recycled, scientists from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany want you to build everything from chairs, to boats, to outdoor shelters with…