Plastic Pollution Is Reaching the Antarctic

April 28, 2020 Environment

Food wrapping, fishing gear and plastic waste continue to reach the Antarctic. Two new studies into how plastic debris is reaching sub-Antarctic islands are published this month (April 2020) in the journal Environment International. New findings include analyses of some of the longest continuous datasets in the world on plastics ingested by seabirds and washed […]

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Biodegradable Tableware Made From Wheat Bran Could Be One Solution To Plastic Pollution

April 21, 2020 Environment

By Anthony McLennan A Polish business called Biotrem is offering a unique solution to help fight plastic pollution with their disposable, biodegradable tableware made from unprocessed wheat bran. Biotrem’s product is an alternative to disposal tableware manufactured from plastic or paper. Plastic and paper products make more of a negative impact on the environment – […]

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Average Households Could Be Powered By This Solar Pavement Driveway Made From Plastic Bottles

April 18, 2020 Environment

By Anthony McLennan Platio Solar, a Budapest-based company, has come up with an innovative solution for alternative energy – solar pavers made from recycled plastic which can be built into driveways or pavements. According to the company’s website, a 20-square-meter system is able to generate enough electricity to power an entire household. It can also […]

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This Mutant Bacterial Enzyme Could Recycle Plastic Bottles In Just Hours

April 15, 2020 Environment

By Anthony McLennan It’s one of the biggest challenges facing humanity: how to stop the tide of plastic pollution that is suffocating our planet. Now, a French company called Carbios has developed a mutant enzyme formula which can break down plastic into a pristine recyclable form in only a few hours. Convenient, lightweight and offering […]

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Coke and Pepsi Among Ten Companies Sued For Plastic Pollution “Nuisance”

March 8, 2020 Environment

By John Vibes The environmental non-profit Earth Island Institute has filed a lawsuit against the companies who are responsible for a very large portion of the world’s plastic waste. These companies are Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Clorox, Crystal Geyser, Mars, Danone, Mondelez International, Colgate-Palmolive, and Procter & Gamble. The lawsuit alleges that a large amount […]

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Think All BPA-free Products Are Safe? Not So Fast, Scientists Warn

February 19, 2020 Natural Health News

Using “BPA-free” plastic products could be as harmful to human health — including a developing brain — as those products that contain the controversial chemical, suggest scientists in a new study led by the University of Missouri and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For decades, scientists have studied BPA extensively […]

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In The Philippines They Made A Plastic-Free Cup From Pineapple Leaves

January 26, 2020 Environment

By Mayukh Saha Although we are trying our best to abandon plastic, we are still not using plastic-free cups. The cups being sold under the name ‘paper cup’ are not completely plastic-free. They have a thin plastic lining on them. This makes them non-biodegradable. The reason for adding this plastic layer is to make the […]

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Killer Whale Washes Up On UK Shore With A Belly Full Of Plastic

January 21, 2020 Environment

By John Vibes A massive killer whale washed up on shore in early January, in an area between Lincolnshire and Norfolk on the eastern coast of the UK. The 15-foot-long orca was found decomposing in a salt marsh, where soon after the body was examined by the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP). The researchers said […]

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The “Ocean Cleanup” Device is Finally Hauling in Huge Bags of Plastic Garbage

December 18, 2019 Environment,Video

By Manuel García Aguilar In 2013, 18-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in his hometown in the Netherlands to develop a system to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex. The patch is an immense concentration of garbage in the north-central Pacific Ocean that is […]

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Air New Zealand To Reduce Waste By Using Edible Cookie Coffee Cups

December 12, 2019 Environment

By John Vibes Air New Zealand has recently come up with a great new way to reduce waste on its airline. Earlier this month, the airline announced that they will be introducing edible cups on their flights and airport lounges to cut down on plastic. The cups will basically be cookies that can hold a […]

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New Plastic “Zeoform” Turns Hemp Into Almost Anything

December 10, 2019 Natural Living

By Joe Martino The Facts: Zeoform is a material that changes everything. It’s made from cellulose fibres and water. Their patented process converts cellulose fibres into an industrial-strength moulding material capable of being formed into an array of products. Reflect On: Zeoform is 100% non-toxic, biodegradable, compostable and ‘locks up’ carbon into beautiful, functional forms. […]

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Scientists Shocked That “Gender Bending” Chemicals In Our Food 44 Times Higher Than Thought

December 6, 2019 Food Freedom,Video

By Timcast Natural Blaze Editor’s Note: An old “conspiracy theory” about chemicals in food and water having the ability to affect one’s hormones is gaining much more evidence to back it up. Tim Pool covers a recently updated article that adds more information about the higher levels of chemicals like BPA that can cause infertility, […]

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Study Estimates Sharks And Manta Rays Consuming Up To 137 Plastic Pieces Per Hour

December 2, 2019 Environment

By John Vibes According to a new study published on Tuesday in Frontiers in Marine Science, manta rays and whale sharks in Indonesia are consuming between 63 and 137 pieces of plastic pollution per hour. A team of scientists from Marine Megafauna Foundation and Murdoch University, determined this number by collecting and counting plastic waste […]

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RZA of Wu-Tang Clan Launches Vegan Puffer Jacket Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic

November 24, 2019 Environment

By John Vibes RZA of The Wu-Tang Clan has launched a vegan puffer jacket that is made out of recycled plastic bottles that were removed from the ocean. RZA’s company 36 Chambers has teamed up with PETA and the German clothing brand Embassy of Bricks for the project. The jacked is called the Flying Guillotine […]

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Aldi Set To Replace 12.5 Million Single Use Plastic Bags With Compostable Bags

November 19, 2019 Environment

By Luke Miller Aldi is going green with its commitment to replace 12.5 million single-use plastic bags with compostable bags. Starting January 2020, all 139 of its Irish stores will stock 100% compostable eco-friendly bag options. They will produce 3 new bags which include – loose produce bags, Aldi Reusable Shopping Bags, and reusable and […]

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To Save Face, Coca-Cola Designs A Bottle Made Out Of Ocean Waste Plastic

November 17, 2019 Environment,Video

By John Vibes The Coca-Cola corporation recently announced that they were able to make a few plastic bottles out of trash that was pulled from the ocean. In a press release, the company said that the creation of 300 sample bottles made from ocean trash was intended to demonstrate that “one day, even ocean debris […]

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Coca-Cola Named Worst Plastic Polluter in the World for Second Year in a Row

October 24, 2019 Environment

By Elias Marat Coca-Cola has been found to be the top polluter in a global audit of plastic waste released by the Break Free From Plastic NGO. The report, released Wednesday, shows that the transnational soft drink conglomerate is responsible for more plastic trash than the next top three polluters combined. Over 72,500 volunteers spread […]

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Bars In Italy Are Switching To Pasta Straws To Reduce Plastic Waste

October 14, 2019 Environment

By Mayukh Saha Italy has been the inventor of many things, one of them being sunglasses. But in the current world, where the plastic menace is eating up the planet, newer inventions should be more on the sustainable side. Well, Italy is adding another interesting invention to its roster. Since the world is facing environmental […]

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Compostable Plates Made From Banana Leaves Launched By Peruvian Group

October 10, 2019 Environment

By Mayukh Saha A few Peruvians have come together and started a project, Bio Plant, which promises to reduce our dependence on plastics. They have succeeded in creating biodegradable dishes using banana leaves that can minimize our reliance on plastic products. It can make a huge impact on the environment as pollution from single-use plastic […]

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Dead Baby Turtle Found With 104 Pieces of Plastic in Its Belly

October 8, 2019 Environment

By Elias Marat The story is all too common: sea creatures washing ashore, emaciated and starved with their bellies filled with plastic waste. The latest tragic victim raising awareness of plastic pollution is a baby turtle that washed ashore in Boca Raton, Florida. The tiny loggerhead sea turtle died shortly afterward, and conservationists subsequently found […]

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