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  • September 25, 2022
    repurposing plastic or using recycled one in everything from household items to vehicles Engineers are turning single-use plastics such as PPE and Covid tests into hospital wards, cars and household [...Lessons from nature: bringing waste back into...
    September 10, 2022
    “LIVES” is an EU-Funded project waging war on the plastic that poisons the rivers Most of the plastic that spoil the oceans come actually from rivers. Tracing it back might […]LIVES, the project that is waging war on the ...
    August 28, 2022
    Will plastic-eating robo-fishes save our oceans? Chinese researchers have designed biocompatible robots resembling tiny fishes that are able to ingest microplastics   Microplastics are an increas...Will plastic-eating robo-fishes save our ocea...
    August 6, 2022
    LET’S FACE THE PLASTIC TRUTH! The murky truth about plastic in the ocean: every minute, one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our ocean   It’s time to put […]Think twice before you purchase plastic
    August 19, 2020
    Fibre from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in face masks and hospital gowns  Abaca is already used in teabags and banknotes   Global efforts to ban […]Masks made from banana-tree species cut plast...
    August 17, 2020
    MAKE YOUR OWN VACUUM CLEANER FROM SCRATCH Vacuum cleaners are expensive, and are not that complicated. Find out here how you can make one out of a plastic bottle!   […]How to Make a Vacuum Cleaner From a Plastic B...
    July 13, 2020
    Biggest ever ocean clean-up recovers over 100 tons of plastic trash And fishing netsBiggest open ocean clean-up ever!
    June 14, 2020
    Like in many other industries, pandemic has created major disruption in the packaging sector We won’t go back to single-use plastic: the industry has much more to offer. by Barbara […]How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting the pack...
    May 7, 2020
    A Bubble, mobile personal protective space that suits many needs, from safety to relax, for medical staff   When fighting against COVID-19, doctors on the front line might be exposed […]A mobile bubble-like space to protect COVID-1...
    December 2, 2019
    Researchers 3D-Printed Plastic Cubes With Complex Patterns That Make them Bulletproof The technology continues to evolve, but 3D printing is still mostly used for creating prototypes or parts that won...3D-Printed Bulletproof Plastic is a reality