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Surprising ways seaweed benefits the environment

Inhabitat - Innovation

While the news often mentions the terrible things in the sea, such as gyres of plastic and other trash, the oceans also hold an extremely valuable resource: seaweed. This renewable and easily harvestable organism is used for everything from food to spa treatments to a possible COVID-19 medicine.

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Project secures EU funding to create sugars, chemicals and plastics from household waste

Envirotec Magazine

The VAMOS (Value Added Materials from Organic Waste Sugars) project has received €6,984,813 funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Reduce environmental plastic pollution levels.

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Building a global plastics pollution agreement that works for all

Business Green

Industry Voice: Dow's sustainability director Jihane Ball argues the case for a flexible and ambitious UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution worldwide I've worked across many roles over the last 17 years with the materials science company Dow. What is the global plastic pollution treaty and why is it important?

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Floating house concept earns students place in global disaster preparedness competition

Envirotec Magazine

‘The Floating House’, can also be used as storage for food, water, medicines, and sanitation products and is designed to enhance disaster resilience within a local community at family level. Multiple recycled plastic barrels are then tied underneath the ground floor, and the walls and roof are constructed using galvanised metal sheets.

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Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings

GreenTechMedia

Now, it captures industrial waste gasses, such as CO2 and CO, and recycles them into the chemicals used to make everything from plastics to medical supplies to fabric for Lululemon. It was founded in 2005 as a biofuels company. It has even spun out an entire company focused on jet fuel.

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Debunking the Myths: Understanding the Advantages of Toxic Chemicals

The Environmental Blog

Benefit #1: Medical Advancements Toxic chemicals have been instrumental in medicine, leading to groundbreaking discoveries and life-saving treatments. They are used to produce numerous everyday products, from plastics and electronics to pharmaceuticals and textiles. Without these chemicals, many industries would grind to a halt.

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Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings

GreenTechMedia

Now, it captures industrial waste gasses, such as CO2 and CO, and recycles them into the chemicals used to make everything from plastics to medical supplies to fabric for Lululemon. It was founded in 2005 as a biofuels company. It has even spun out an entire company focused on jet fuel.

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