Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Plastic pollution is a major climate threat and now there's a unique solution. It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform. The World Design Organization named Trashpresso, designed by Miniwiz, a World Design Impact Prize Winner for 2021.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2023
Researchers from University of California, Riverside, have detailed a method to convert plastic waste into a highly porous form of charcoal or char that has a whopping surface area of about 400 square meters per gram of mass. The plastic-to-char process was developed at UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering.
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R-Squared Energy
OCTOBER 15, 2021
In the previous article , I outlined the growing global problem of plastic pollution. Global treaties and new technologies that address the manufacture, use, and reuse of plastics are needed to tackle this problem. Researchers have tried several different reuse approaches for addressing the growing global plastic waste stream.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Entitled Arcadia Earth, the temporary art exhibition immerses guests in a multi-sensory journey spotlighting pressing ecological issues—such as overfishing, plastic pollution, food waste, deforestation, and climate change—with vivid artworks designed with upcycled and reusable materials.
Greentown Labs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The environmental concerns of cow leather are well known—from the greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle raising, to chemical pollution, and beyond. But pleather and vegan leather bring their own problems as well, as these alternatives are usually made from plastics. Plastic pollution is part of what pushed Lina M.
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 25, 2022
They are part of the brand’s push for a more sustainable future and an end to plastic waste. The new shoes feature an upcycled upper with a breathable Gore-Tex waterproof membrane and Three Stripes Boost technology with responsive cushioning that provides bounce-back energy return as you walk. Adidas Images via Adidas.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
This, in turn, is dehydrated to create ethylene – a stage of the process handled by Technip Energies – and this ethylene is then polymerized – by circular plastics expert Borealis – to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), in the form of small plastic pellets, which then enter On’s production process for the creation of the CleanCloud foam material.
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