The Australian government unveils plan to end plastic pollution
The Australian federal government has launched the National Plastics Plan, which seeks to deal with plastic pollution...
Seagrass purges 900M plastic bits from the Mediterranean yearly
Recent research has found that underwater seagrass collects up to 900 million plastic items in the Mediterranean...
CRA reveals the world’s first compostable marker
Design and innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) recently unveiled what it claims to be the world’s...
Top 3 plastic polluters are CocaCola, PepsiCo and Nestle. Again.
May we have the envelope, please? Let's see who this year's top plastic polluters are. In third place,...
Sanikind kickstarts refillable hand sanitizer bottle project
Hand sanitizer has become an essential part of life during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its environmental impact...
Taming plastic waste with silica plastic blocks
In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic...
How to replace single-use and plastic items in the kitchen
Scientists are predicting that by the year 2050, the ocean may have more plastic than fish. While countries...
PADI is making face masks from recycled ocean plastic
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) has teamed up with eco-friendly activewear company Rash'R...
These adorable fish lamps raise awareness of plastic pollution
Single-use plastics are everywhere. No matter how small they are, these plastics often end up in either landfills...
Project Blu turns plastic bottles into sustainable pet products
Project Blu is a U.K.-based startup company that is creating sustainable pet products made from recycled materials...
Everloop’s sustainable toothbrush comes with replaceable bamboo bristles
Mexico City-based NOS has come out with a design to address one of the many causes of plastic pollution that consumers...
Discarded face masks now threatening wildlife habitats
The worldwide outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prompted many to purchase face masks for protection. Unfortunately,...
Autonomous Draper Drone to detect microplastics in the water
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat...
Greenpeace finds most 'recyclable' plastics are sent to landfills
Greenpeace recently published a study “to determine the legitimacy of ‘recyclable’ claims and labels on consumer...
China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
As the world’s most populous country, with close to 1.5 billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity...
