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  • July 30, 2024
    Waste as input, but not as output: it’s Unplastic, made out of beer waste Compostable and non-plastic, Unplastic is a new materials that simply become part of the circle of […]UnPlastic: compostable packaging materials ma...
    April 23, 2024
    Every day we throw away just too much food: a loss AI can help reversing A hotel chain installs a camera in its trash bins to spy on what guests […]AI is spying on the food we throw away
    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 ...
    January 10, 2022
    Coffee waste can emit as much methane as ten million cars every year – Unless we turn it into something different Vietnamese students in Finland produces sneakers from used coffee […]Need a caffeine boost? Wear those sneakers ma...
    July 27, 2021
    Countries are switching to polymer notes to save the environment For countries concerned about the environmental impact of the currency, a switch to polymer notes makes sense   As countries [&hel...The future of notes is plastic
    April 12, 2021
    Scientists have produced the first biodegradable electronic displays The biodegradable electronics might help adopting a sustainable lifecycle   The growing use of electronic devices in consumab...New biodegradable electronic displays to mini...
    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 8, 2020
    the eco-brick Reduces by 90% the carbon emissions of a regular brick The bricks are made up of construction waste: perfectly “circular”   Bricks have played a major role in […]Scottish Startup Creates Eco-Friendly Brick U...
    June 17, 2020
    700,000,000 plastic laundry jugs are dumped into landfills just across North America every year   New detergent coming in stripes is hacking the way we do our laundry. Born out the […]Plastic-free, Zero Waste Laundry Detergent