recycling plastics Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:37:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Could Mealworms Feeding on Plastics End Plastic Pollution? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mealworms-plastic-pollution/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mealworms-plastic-pollution/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:37:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56852 Scientists have discovered that a special breed of worms can survive eating only plastic. Plastic pollution is a serious problem for our planet, but unfortunately it was recognized as such just that little bit too little too late. Thankfully, great efforts from the scientific community, environmental groups and government agencies, are now directed towards finding […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mealworms-plastic-pollution/feed/ 0 56852 Bio-plastics Made of Fructose Disappear as We Please https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-plastics-made-fructose-disappear-please-20141202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-plastics-made-fructose-disappear-please-20141202/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:18:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50428 The solution to plastic pollution might just have been discovered. A team of US scientists developed a material out of fructose that functions just like regular plastics but it breaks down as soon as it is exposed to a specific type of UV light. Plastic pollution is everywhere around us, it has even established itself […]

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