Magazine, Microplastics and Patents

Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It’s because they need specific manmade conditions to biodegrade, and many degrade into microplastics, which contaminate our oceans and food chain for centuries”. Such bioplastics have effectively been ‘greenwashed’, he said, and mis-sold to environmentally responsible consumers and companies.

Biodegradable

Biodegradable Plastics Packaging Biotech

Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

By 1843, a Punch magazine article featured the first artificial ice rink, “not of frozen water but of a slush of chemicals including hog’s lard and melted sulphur, which smelled abominably.” When the 1890s rolled around, the rush to patent ice rink surfaces began and has not abated since.

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Global warming Carbon-negative Microplastics Pollution

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Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

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