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Plastic Matters December 2020 |
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Researchers develop an efficient, low-energy method for upcycling polyethylene plastic waste. By University of California Plastic is cheaper and easier to produce and throw away than it is to recycle. Consequently, as plastics have diversified and become easier to manufacture, the planet is now straddling some 8.3 billion tons of the stuff without enough technology to shrink that growing pile. Researchers Susannah Scott and Mahdi Abu-Omar are poised to shift this decades-old paradigm. |
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New Plastic-Eating Enzyme ‘Cocktail’ Can Digest Plastic Waste Six Times Faster. By Sally Ho Scientists have created a new enzyme “cocktail” that can break down plastic up to six times faster, bringing hope in the fight against the global pollution crisis. This discovery promises to enable full recycling and could mean a drastic cut in the plastic industry’s carbon emissions that is fuelling climate change. |
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This Electric Car Is Made From Plastic Waste and Natural Fibers. By Beebom Although humans have evolved to be the most intelligent species in the world, we still haven’t figured out how to restore our continuously-degrading natural environment. Meanwhile, a team of 22 students from the Eindhoven University of Technology has built a compact and sporty electric car that is made from plastic waste, fished out from the oceans. |
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Plastic waste to fuel San Miguel Corp. cement plants. By Iris Gonzales San Miguel Corp. (SMC) will utilize its plastic waste to fuel its cement manufacturing facilities as part of its sustainability efforts. SMC is targeting to reduce use of traditional fuel by up to 50 percent and substitute this with plastic waste. |
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This travel professional is working to resolve increasing waste management and disposal problems. By The Logical Indian Neeraj Dahiya, along with his group of close friends, formed a non-profit organisation named Expeditions For Cause (EFC). The sole aim of this organisation is to curb littering in Delhi-NCR and nearby areas. |
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The Body Shop launches CSR Project N.A.R.I. By The CSR Journal The Body Shop India has partnered with Plastics for Change (PFC) India Foundation for Project N.A.R.I. (Nutrition – Ability – Retraining – Inclusion) in order to ring in the festive season with a difference for with its focus on India’s invisible frontline COVID-19 warriors – female waste pickers. |
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That’s all for now. Issued in public interest by ICPE Mumbai |  |