#plasticwaste — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #plasticwaste, aggregated by home.social.
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Australia's plastic exports may deepen health risks in Indonesian communities https://phys.org/news/2026-08-australia-plastic-exports-deepen-health.html
#Australia #Indonesia #environment #plastic #PlasticWaste #waste #PlasticPollution #health #PublicHealth
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How long has the problem of #PlasticWaste been recognized? How long ago did the #BigPlastic (everyone from chemical companies to users like#CocaCola, #Pepsi & #Nestlé ) talked about #recycling? When will we acknowledge that industry's "voluntary" controls are a smokescreen to cover their continued bad acts? That only a small percentage of plastic is responsibly recycled?
UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/04/uk-plastic-waste-colonialism-recycling-exports-contaminating-water-crops-turkey?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s #PlasticWaste problem
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/04/plastic-waste-microplastics-exports-recycling-turkey-farmers-pollution-environment-recycling#Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to #Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of #Adana to cope with the debris, #microplastics and toxic smoke
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This Startup’s AI Designs Enzymes That Can Eat Plastic Waste
In a lab tucked away in an old gun factory in New Haven, Connecticut, a machine heated plastic waste to 536 degrees Fahrenheit and spat out gloopy strings of material that start to harden when they hit the air. This substance made of textiles and post-industrial scrap that were destined for a landfill will be ground to bits to create as much surface area as possible. Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using […] -
This month is Plastic Free July, a global movement that encourages people to reduce their use of single-use plastics and adopt more sustainable habits. Joyce Mercado shares easy ways to reduce plastic consumption this month—and all year long. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/plastic-free-july-small-changes-big-impact/
#alameda #CommunityActionForASustainableAlameda #environment #PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticWaste
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Polymer Editing Can Upcycle Waste Into Higher Performance Plastics
Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Upcycling may help remedy the roughly 450 million tons of plastic discarded worldwide annually, of which only 9% gets recycled; the rest is incinerated or winds up in landfills, oceans or elsewhere……Continue […] -
Plastic waste turned into 90% pure hydrogen in single-reactor process
A process called Alkaline Thermal Treatment (ATT) has been tested to turn mixed plastic waste into high-purity hydrogen…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AlkalineThermalTreatment #AU #Australia #Energy&Environment #InventionsandMachines #pet #Plastic #plasticwaste #Science #sustainability
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Our regular reminder that #water, other things being equal, is what's good for us. >>
Coca-Cola #plasticwaste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030 | Coca-Cola | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/27/coca-cola-plastic-waste-in-oceans-expected-to-reach-602m-kilograms-a-year-by-2030 #cocacola
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Questions are being raised about microplastics studies – here’s what’s solid science and what isn’t
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Households warned of fines if they break four rules on bin day
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New pilot plant converts unsorted plastic waste into oil in 30 mins
A mobile pilot plant has been designed to convert various types of plastic waste into oil. Developed by…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Energy&Environment #environment #InventionsandMachines #Oil #plasticwaste #Science #SolvothermalLiquefaction #Sustainability #UK #UnitedKingdom #UniversityofAmsterdam
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: ♻️🧪 Researchers at #Aarhus University in #Denmark converted #polystyrene from #Styrofoam cups, takeout containers, and CD cases into a solid material that captures CO₂ from #air and smokestacks.
The two-step process adds amines to the #plastic, creating a sponge that grabs CO₂ when cool and releases it when heated for reuse.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/your-empty-cuppa-could-capture-carbon/
#carboncapture #plasticwaste #polystyrene #upcycling #chemistry #materialscience #climate #co2 #aarhusuniversity #styrofoam #recycling #science #engineering #environment #denmark
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New pilot plant converts unsorted plastic waste into oil in 30 mins
A mobile pilot plant has been designed to convert various types of plastic waste into oil. Developed by…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Energy&Environment #InventionsandMachines #oil #plasticwaste #Science #SolvothermalLiquefaction #sustainability #UniversityofAmsterdam
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A new reuse symbol aims to be as recognisable as the recycling logo – and make more of a difference
#Waste #Recycling #EcoLabelling #Reuse #PlasticWaste #CircularEconomy #Environment #CleanPlanet #GreenTech #GreenInnovation #ZeroWaste #Packaging #Economy
https://the-14.com/a-new-reuse-symbol-aims-to-be-as-recognisable-as-the-recycling-logo-and-make-more-of-a-difference/ -
Reducing Plastic Pollution at Scale
#Environment #Economy #Health #PlasticPollution #Recycling #PlasticWaste #Sustainability #BaselConvention #Pollution #GlobalTrade #RecyclingIndustry #GreenPolicy #WasteManagement #UNPlasticTreaty #PlasticCrisis
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We drove through Almería recently and were astounded by all the plastic houses (~40,000 ha) used to produce vegetables, primarily.
First I thought of the plastic use, estimated to be 30,000 tonnes per year), then the effects on the mesoclimate (decrease in air temperatures in the recent past).
Efficient use of resources?? A good return on environmental impacts?
A couple of articles explaining more...
https://geographyfieldwork.com/CostadelPolythene.htmhttps://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/almerias-sea-of-greenhouses-150070/
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Advocacy Group Finds Tracked Starbucks Cold Cups Did Not Reach Recycling Facilities
📰 Original title: Group tracking Starbucks cold cups says none made it to recycling facility
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/advocacy-group-finds-tracked-starbucks-cold-cups-did-not-reach-recycling-facilities.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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Scientists have discovered a way to convert plastic waste into clean hydrogen using sunlight. This innovative technique aims to combat plastic pollution and meet the growing demand for sustainable energy sources.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/en/plastic-waste-into-hydrogen/
#plasticwaste #hydrogen #sustainableenergy #sustainability #innovation
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Germany was largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending 810,000 tonnes overseas, analysis finds | Plastics | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/30/germany-largest-exporter-plastic-waste-2025"UK was close behind, exporting 675,000 tonnes, with much of the waste sent to Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia "