Integrating Circularity Into Plastic Waste Management – a Win-Win?
We have all heard that when it comes to the climate crisis, cities are both the problem and the solution – and the same is true for the daunting challenge of plastic pollution. Globally, cities are dealing with the impacts
Can We Rely on Bioplastics to Solve the Planet’s Waste Crisis?
Plastics have become universal, being used for food containers, bottles, bags etc. Over 18 trillion pounds of plastic have been produced to date, and 18 billion pounds of it flows into the ocean annually, making it one of the most pressing environmental
Plastic vs Aluminum: an all out war
Allegedly, the production and use of aluminum are environmentally friendlier than extensive plastic produced worldwide. Major multinational companies producing bottled water enhance production and sales of aluminum bottles to reduce sea pollution globally. Related topics: Paradise Plagued by Plastic | Microplastics
The Pacific Paradise Plagued by Plastic: An Interview with Brett W. Howell
Henderson Island is a sunny, uninhabited Pacific paradise surrounded by endless blue water stretching for thousands of miles in every direction. It is one of the few atolls in the world whose ecology is virtually untouched by human presence. The
The Plastic Challenge: Are We Solving the Plastic Problem or Creating Demons for the Future?
When plastic became the “wonder” product for solving so many modern issues in the 1970s, we did not envisage that 50 years later, it would be considered the “biggest environmental disaster” that humans have caused. Talk to anyone on any street,
Oohos: Eliminating Plastic Bottles Once and for All
Technology evolves at an exponential rate--often at a pace too fast for us to comprehend until we are able to look back at it and reflect on it in the context of history. However, there is some technology that does
Companies That Care About the Planet as Much as You Do
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. Through Recycling Programs and Consumer Education Opportunities, B Corps Broaden the Circular Economy and the Circle of Earth-Friendly Practices Employees at
Plastic Whale: Fishing for Plastic and Saving the Planet
Plastic in the water is one of the biggest growing threats to our planet. The percentage of plastic in our oceans, lakes, rivers, canals and waterways is reaching a level which is no longer sustainable: this is endangering our precious
Cleansing Our Oceans From Our Plastic Sins
Six years ago, Boyan Slat, at the time an 18-year-old aerospace engineering student, appeared at TEDxDelft to present his idea of what we could do to tackle one of the most demanding issues of global sustainability: plastic pollution. Merely a
When Plastic Becomes a Park: An interview with the Recycled Island Foundation
On 4 July 2018, the city of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, unveiled a new and exciting part of the city’s landscape: the world’s first floating park made entirely of recycled plastic waste. Appropriately named the Recycled Park, the initiative comprises
Plastic Whale: Fishing for Plastic and Saving the Planet
Plastic in the water is one of the biggest growing threats to our planet. The percentage of plastic in our oceans, lakes, rivers, canals and waterways is reaching a level which is no longer sustainable: this is endangering our precious
Our Ocean, Our Future: global action to achieve SDG 14
We live at a time when accumulated human activity has begun changing the fundament within which we exist. Thanks to our greenhouse gas emissions, the atmosphere is warming and with it the Ocean. These same greenhouse gases are also making