Autonomous Draper Drone to detect microplastics in the water
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size—less than five millimeters in length—makes the threat almost invisible to the naked eye.
Sponsored Content: Purifiers remove microplastics and PFAS
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Independently verified research by Swedish water technology firm Bluewater has apparently verified the efficiency of its water purifier technology at removing up to 99.99% of health threatening microplastics and chemicals such as toxic PFAS from tap water.
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Microplastics accelerate cell death at 3 times the normal rate, study says
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Researchers from the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht recently announced that cells exposed to microplastics experience cell death three times faster than those that are not. With microplastic pollution everywhere, the findings are sobering.
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Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 22, 2019
Poisonous particle pollution from brake and tyre wear is carried in runoff then enters rivers and streams. Particles from brake and tyre wear include copper and zinc, microplastics and a group of chemicals called polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Yet, urban runoff persists as a forgotten polluter.
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Atlantic has 10 times the microplastics previously thought
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 20, 2020
But a new study of plastic in the Atlantic Ocean reveals the pollution problem is ten times worse than scientists suspected. We knew it was bad.
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How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Grist
APRIL 19, 2023
As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. By one estimate , they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. She also supports clothing innovations but said they could be years away. Anja Brandon is an associate director for U.S.
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How Cities are Leading in the Fight Against Plastic Pollution
The City Fix
JUNE 8, 2023
“Plastic kills, and the damages of plastic pollution have no borders. We cannot beat plastic pollution if we don’t tackle climate change, environmental loss and food crises at the same time.” That was the powerful message Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
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Can bacteria capture and eliminate microplastics?
AGreenLiving
APRIL 29, 2021
Scientists at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have found a way to use bacteria’s natural stickiness to pull microplastics from the environment. Their vision is that microplastics in polluted water will adhere to tape-like bacteria nets, making a plastic blob that can easily be recycled or otherwise disposed of. “It
The Ocean Race reports on microfibres in European seas
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The Baltic Sea had the highest levels of microplastics in Europe, double the amount in the Mediterranean?. • New research from the round-the-world yacht race The Ocean Race* has found microplastics, and in particular microfibres, to be prevalent across the length and breadth of the continent. fragmented fishing gear and lines.
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Industry first claimed for “fully recyclable crisp packet”
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 10, 2024
It uses an innovative polymer, Hydropol, instead of conventional plastic. It does not break down into harmful microplastics, so it still has a safe end-of-life even if it is not disposed of as intended. The new paper packet was developed in partnership with Evopak, a manufacturer of sustainable paper based flexible packaging.
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Michelin and Bridgestone accelerate green tyre innovations
Business Green
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
As such, tyre production remains an energy intensive process, while tyre use has been blamed for air and microplastic pollution. To reach its 2050 goal, Michelin said it would continue to invest in its 6,000-strong worldwide R&D team, in addition to forging further partnerships with other firms and innovators.
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All Eyes on Marine Plastic From Orbit
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 27, 2020
New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. Typically, temporary floating barriers called booms are deployed in ocean clean-up efforts to collect and contain pollutants.
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BlueNalu is developing innovative cell-based seafood
AGreenLiving
JUNE 9, 2020
While 3D printed steak and lab-produced chicken are on their way to the market, one innovative company has set their sights on providing a well-rounded menu of seafood options that don’t come from the sea. BlueNalu is developing innovative cell-based seafood. However, the U.S. ” + BlueNalu Images via BlueNalu. .”
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What Startups Have Taught Us About Unlocking Climate Policy Innovation
Elemental Excelerator
APRIL 21, 2022
The result is that too often, the most promising climate innovations run right into a brick wall of the status quo. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation. That’s why we launched the Policy Lab on Earth Day in 2021.
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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems. Among the emerging U.S. Pull Quote.
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Green submarine and shipping charge points surf latest wave of government clean tech funding
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The government said plans developed by Oceanways for a fully automated 'net positive' submarine fleet, powered entirely on green hydrogen, could help cleanse the oceans of toxic pollution by collecting microplastics on its pilot route between Glasgow and Belfast. emissions, create jobs and?get As the cruising sector?bounces
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Why the Oil and Chemical Lobby Is Taking Aim at New York’s Plastic Waste Bill
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 6, 2024
A good EPR [Extended Producer Responsibility] bill will not only support New York’s mechanical recycling infrastructure; it would also allow for innovation, including science-based advanced recycling solutions.” Microplastics have been discovered in human blood, lungs, and breastmilk — and most recently in human placentas.
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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?
GreenBiz
JUNE 8, 2021
If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. In general, there is a lot of dynamism and innovation in this sector, and that is a good thing," said Torsten Pohl, head of the Nestlé Product Technology Center in Singen, Germany, via email.
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Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Most plastic pollution comes from inadequate collection and disposal of larger plastic debris known as macroplastics, but leakage of microplastics (synthetic polymers smaller than 5 mm in diameter) from things like industrial plastic pellets, synthetic textiles, road markings and tyre wear are also a serious concern.
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Plastic Pollution’s Impact on Marine Life and Our Role in Conservation
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 17, 2024
Our oceans, teeming with life, are under siege by a silent threat – plastic pollution. Understanding the impact of plastic pollution is crucial, and so is recognizing our role in mitigating this growing crisis. Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Life Plastic debris takes a brutal toll on marine animals.
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Taking an inventory of the global plastics problem
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The vast majority ends up in landfills, where its slow degradation allows it to accumulate, while pervasive microplastics have been found everywhere, from inside living bodies to the bottom of the ocean. “At
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Plastics: no longer a punch line
Martin LaMonica
DECEMBER 28, 2018
But in 2018, the alarm over the plastic pollution crisis sounded louder than ever. But much of the plastic pollution in the oceans is microplastics – many times smaller than the width of a human hair. From its arrival decades ago , plastic has transformed modern life. Rivers and lakes.
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PANGEA Movement’s Eco-jacket uses 100% recycled materials
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
It is a company with a focus on green design products and a dedication to using proceeds from sales to rid the Earth’s waterways of plastic and other pollution. Related: Adidas 100% recycled jacket is solving plastic pollution PANGEA’s Eco-Jacket is made from 100% recycled materials. of trash from rivers, and 68 lbs.
The Manta is a hybrid catamaran that will collect floating plastic
AGreenLiving
MAY 31, 2021
Recently unveiled by SeaCleaners, the Manta hybrid catamaran is designed to combat the oceans’ plastic pollution in a brand new way. Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep. The SeaCleaners Via Interesting Engineering Image copyright Synthese3D for The SeaCleaners.
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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too
The Verge: Energy
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Bridgestone’s Bill Niaura, executive director of sustainable innovation and circular economy, says guayule is a drop-in replacement with many potential advantages. Research into 6PPD replacements is ongoing, and the US Tire Manufacturers Association is also touting research into various ways to mitigate and reduce tire debris pollution.
Prioritise tackling toxic emissions from tyres, urge experts
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
A new briefing paper from Imperial College London attempts a deep dive on the pollution produced by the particles sloughed off from vehicle tyres. Even if all our vehicles eventually become powered by electricity instead of fossil fuels, we will still have harmful pollution from vehicles because of tyre wear. “We
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How the 5p carrier bag charge has helped curb plastic pollution
Business Green
APRIL 11, 2021
With funding from the plastic bag charge Waitrose launched a £1m grant fund for innovative plastic-waste busting ideas - Hubbub's Trewin Restorick sets out the key achievements. There is increased interest in nature-based solutions for tackling pollution and two projects explored this route. Five key themes have emerged: 1.
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Is a fully circular, fossil fuel-free plastics system really achievable?
Business Green
APRIL 5, 2022
The critical window for action to transform the plastics system across Europe in order to meet both circular economy and climate goals is narrowing, with a major ramp up in innovation, policy ambition, investment, and corporate cooperation urgently needed over the next five years.
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Top five green innovations to watch in 2022
Business Green
JANUARY 6, 2022
Innovate UK's Jonny Voon explores some of the most exciting green ideas this year, ranging from UK lithium mining and plastic recycling breakthroughs, clothing that 'grows' with the children wearing it. Key to a sustainable recovery is innovation. Jonny Voon is head of the Sustainable Innovation Fund at Innovate UK.
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Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
As the phrase ‘forever chemicals’ enters the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time in 2024, and these fluorinated substances expand the list of micropollutants, it might be time for a change in the way these persistent environmental pollutants are tackled. Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration.
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Apple waste, spider silk, enhanced cotton: How bio-based textiles could replace plastic in our clothing
Grist
MARCH 13, 2024
The spotlight If you’ve read any climate-related news in the past several years, you’re probably familiar with the scourge of microplastics. A study published just last month in the journal Toxicological Sciences tested 62 placentas, and found microplastics, in varying concentrations, in every single one.
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DPD and ENSO team up to trial new green EV tyres
Business Green
JULY 8, 2021
New tyre is designed to reduce air pollution in London as part of Mayor-backed Innovation Challenge. Delivery giant DPD has this week teamed up with tyre developer ENSO Tyres to trial the use of new green tyres that aim to reduce air and microplastic pollution from electric vehicles (EVs).
Laying Down Our Markers
Elemental Excelerator
MARCH 19, 2019
Working at the intersection of technology and community, our compass is our place-based approach to innovation. On top of that, California’s recurring drought problems, agricultural demand for irrigation, and the risks of fertilizer runoff make the state a target-rich environment to deploy our place-based approach to water innovation.
Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry
Green Business Bureau
JANUARY 18, 2023
As human society has continued to innovate exponentially, largely at the expense of the planet, scientists have hypothesized that we are beginning to enter a new epoch, or period of time in history, defined by human impact on the earth known as the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene.
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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities
Business Green
APRIL 18, 2022
The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. For these highest emitters, climate pollution from driving is second only to flying (which, on average, generates twice as many emissions).
How the TNFD is grappling with the puzzle of nature-related financial risks
Business Green
JUNE 28, 2022
Whether from deforestation, intensive farming and pesticide use, polluted rivers and lakes, or the microplastic epidemic swamping the planet's oceans, the planet's ecosystems are facing intensifying threats that further risk undermining the global economy.
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The Plastic Pollution Crisis
R-Squared Energy
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Just about anywhere you travel in the world, you will encounter plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is now ubiquitous in our oceans, and remote islands are an ideal place to get an objective view of the volume of plastic debris now circling the globe.”. Researchers are even finding microplastics in human organs. .
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Accounting for plastic persistence can minimize environmental impacts
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 9, 2024
While plastic pollution threatens ecosystems and human health, the use of plastic products continues to increase. However, to date, no material selection framework has considered or quantified environmental persistence, or the time that a plastic item remains in the environment as pollution, as a key environmental concern.
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Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?
Business Green
JANUARY 13, 2021
A new study from Canadian non-profit Ocean Wise has shown that synthetic fibres, many released from clothing and textiles during domestic laundry, make up a large proportion of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean. The study again underscores the vulnerability of the Arctic to environmental change and to pollutants transported from the south.
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AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems. Among the emerging U.S.
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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
GreenBiz
AUGUST 26, 2020
PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and even Tupperware have signed on with governments and NGOs to do away with "unnecessary" plastics and innovate so that other plastics will be reused, recycled or composted; and kept out of natural systems. Only five years ago, few corporate leaders had plastic pollution on their official radar.
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Packaging developer Choose toasts 'world's first' biodegradable paper bottle
Business Green
OCTOBER 29, 2020
The fully biodegradable and compostable packaging innovation has been developed in Edinburgh with support from Innovate UK and Sky Ocean Ventures. All these bottles react in exactly the same way as a PET beverage bottle: they break down into microplastics, damage the environment and kill the oceans.
'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow
Business Green
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste. In 2019 alone, 22 million tonnes of plastic materials leaked into the environment, of which microplastics smaller than 5mm in diameter made up 12 per cent.
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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?
AGreenLiving
JUNE 8, 2021
If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. “To complement our internal capabilities, we also strategically collaborate with researchers, suppliers, startups and various other innovation partners.”
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