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How satellite technology is helping fight pollution? By News18.com Global Plastic Watch (GPW) platform, which maps areas of the world 'in near real-time.' Using satellite data from the European Space Agency, the interactive map is able to identify all kinds of areas where plastic pollution is spreading. |
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Plastic-eating enzyme 'takes plastic waste and makes it disappear' By Joseph Peters There are more than 30 million tons of plastic waste sitting in American landfills. Those plastics can take hundreds of years to break down naturally. A scientific breakthrough could help clean it up much faster. |
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Penn State researchers explore upcycling plastic waste into graphite By Liz Carey Researchers from Pennsylvania State University will be looking into whether plastic waste can be upcycled into graphite to preserve resources and prevent waste from going to landfills. Using a seed grant from the Materials Research Institute, the Penn State researchers will explore ways to turn single-use plastic waste into high-quality graphite. |
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Say hello to Fast PETase, a new weapon to reduce pollution. By Lorenzo Nikolaev An enzyme it appears can decompose plastic within 48 hours. Changes and performance thanks to the predictive model of machine learning. This discovery makes possible the elimination of 12% of global waste. |
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Straight from GreenBiz, three steps to solving the global plastics waste crisis. By Holly Secon At GreenBiz’s annual conference on the circular economy, Circularity 22 this week in Atlanta, plastics experts and practitioners took the stage to discuss the ins and outs of the solutions to the plastics problem — and how to build the momentum to find success. |
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Plastic recycling is working, so ignore the cynics By Adam Minter Those who call it a myth ignore the facts: The US alone has at least 180 facilities to reprocess billions of pounds of plastics every year, and customer demand is only growing. In the coming years, plastic recycling will play an important role in boosting a more sustainable economy and the planet. |
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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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