World’s first industrial facility to recycle diapers and sanitary napkins in Italy

Diapers and sanitary napkins are widely used, take half a million years to decompose and, at least until now, they end up in landfill....

OOHO: The New Way of Thinking Edible, Bio-Degradable Water Bottles

How many times have you been strolling around in beautiful natural environments and you saw plastic bottles dumped around? How many times have you...

Unilever Removes Plastic Micro Beads from Hygiene and Cosmetic Products

Plastic micro beads used as exfoliating granules will be completely removed from hygiene and cosmetic products produced by Unilever NV. The London and Rotterdam...

Recyclable Milk Cartons Made from Plant-Based Plastics Go On Sale

Recyclable milk cartons, made entirely from plant-based plastics, are about to hit Finnish supermarket shelves before the end of January. The maker, Tetra Pak,...

Kenyan Teenager Builds a Human Poop Bio-reactor to Generate Biogas

Brilliant high school student designed a system that can generate clean energy using the content of his classmates' poop. What is more, this same energy...

Finnish Company Boosts Battery Recycling to Over 80 Percent

Finnish recycling company Fortum has achieved the high recycling rate for electric vehicle (EV) batteries of 80 per cent with a low-CO2 hydrometallurgical recycling...

India’s Radical Plan to Bury Its Plastic Waste in the Streets

The first road held together by a cheap, polymer glue made from shredded waste plastic is showing to be incredibly resilient. Built in 2002,...

Used Plastic Bottles Turn into Energy Efficient Housing

Used plastic bottles get a new life in Plastic Bottle Village. For many of us, eliminating plastic bottles from the daily activities presents a huge...

Coffee Grounds Can be Used to Capture Carbon

Scientists in South Korea have found a way to turn coffee grounds from waste into a cheap and effective material that captures carbon. Coffee grounds...

Technique Makes Biodegradable Plastic Production Easier than Ever

A new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Jiangnan University found that a simple heat treatment could improve a biodegradable plastic’s properties and...