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Plastic Matters October 2021 |
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This startup in turning Plastic Waste into Wax Win Fans. By K Oanh Ha A British startup’s innovation to tackle plastic pollution by decomposing the material into a wax that’s digested by nature is making inroads in Asia. The London startup’s plan to tackle one of the world’s biggest waste problems: so-called fugitive plastic that finds its way into oceans and landfills. |
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The first chemically recycled Polypropylene iced coffee cups are here. By Heather Caliendo Swiss dairy company Emmi has started to incorporate chemically recycled polypropylene into its packaging. The cups are produced by Greiner Packaging and the chemically recycled material comes from Borealis. |
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Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution, but several solutions are already here. By Jon Hersey Magnetic water, beach-cleaning robots, and plastic roads are among the technologies humans are using to combat one of the world’s top environmental problems: plastic pollution. All thanks to Human Ingenuity. |
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Ocean cleanup pilots ‘the first scalable technology’ to remove plastic waste from earth's waters. By Grace O’Donnell Each year, 8 million tons of plastic — the equivalent of a garbage truck load every minute — is dumped into the ocean, according to the World Economic Forum. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit engineering environmental organization based in the Netherlands, is attempting to remove as much of that plastic as is feasible. |
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Apo Island in Philippines is now a ‘Zero Waste’ island. By downtoearth.org Apo Island became the first of the over 7,000 islands in the Philippines to go ‘Zero Waste’, according to the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). Residents of Apo Island now rinse and dry out their plastic bottles, food cans and other recyclables before throwing them away. |
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Turning trash into treasure: A look at sustainable plastic recycling By Jenna Rae Gaertner When you think of recycling, many of us think of big blue bins where we throw our plastic, metal, paper and other recyclable materials. Find out how it actually gets recycled. |
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That’s all for now. Issued in public interest by Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment,
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