#plasticwaste — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #plasticwaste, aggregated by home.social.
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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 -
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 […] -
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/ -
How we turned plastic waste into vinegar: A sunlight‑powered breakthrough
#PlasticPollution #CO2 #RecyclingInnovation #SunlightEnergy #AceticAcid #CleanTech #Sustainability #GreenInnovation #PlasticWaste #EcoTech #Environment #CleanFuture #GreenChemistry #SustainableTech
https://the-14.com/how-we-turned-plastic-waste-into-vinegar-a-sunlight-powered-breakthrough/ -
India is facing a growing plastic waste crisis. It’s time to reduce, reuse, and recycle to protect our environment for future generations. Let’s take responsibility today! ♻️🇮🇳
#plasticwaste #plasticfreeindia #environment #sustainability #recycle #cleanindia #zerowaste #stopplasticpollution #greenindia #savetheplanet
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"Since the 1980s, Brett Christophers wrote recently in the LRB, ‘firms have made vast amounts of money by sending the rich world’s #waste to the global South’ – #hazardousWaste at first, joined more recently by discarded electronics, clothes and #plastics. Literal mountains of our rubbish are accumulating on the peripheries of cities such as Accra and Delhi. Waste, like wealth, is unevenly distributed."
https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/where-does-our-waste-go
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🍄 Nature's Plastic Cleanup Crew: Fungi Learning Our Language
In 2011, students discovered fungi that digest plastic without oxygen. Species like Pestalotiopsis microspora break polyurethane into simpler compounds. While full transformation remains rare, these organisms offer hope for biological solutions.
✍️ The discovery: https://TPC8.short.gy/36q3ftKt
🌱 Evolution finds a way
#PlasticEatingFungi #Bioremediation #Mycology #Sustainability #PlasticWaste #Innovation #Biodiversity #Conservation #TPC8
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Anti-Trash Society? What Our Garbage Says About Us
Travel to any park, museum, or public space in Japan, and I challenge you to find a trash can. It’s possible, but you never seem to find one when you need it. The official “reason” is the 1995 Sarin gas …
#Japan #JP #JapanNews ##visitjapanjp #activetravel #culture #danielmoore #itadakimasu #japaneseculture #mottenainai #news #plasticwaste #recycle #trash #waste
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Anti-Trash Society? What Our Garbage Says About Us
Travel to any park, museum, or public space in Japan, and I challenge you to find a trash can. It’s possible, but you never seem to find one when you need it. The official “reason” is the 1995 Sarin gas …
#Japan #JP #JapanNews ##visitjapanjp #activetravel #culture #danielmoore #itadakimasu #japaneseculture #mottenainai #news #plasticwaste #recycle #trash #waste
https://www.alojapan.com/1363105/anti-trash-society-what-our-garbage-says-about-us/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1363105/anti-trash-society-what-our-garbage-says-about-us/ Anti-Trash Society? What Our Garbage Says About Us ##visitjapanjp #ActiveTravel #culture #DanielMoore #itadakimasu #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCulture #mottenainai #news #PlasticWaste #recycle #trash #waste Travel to any park, museum, or public space in Japan, and I challenge you to find a trash can. It’s possible, but you never seem to find one when you need it. The official “reason” is the 1995 Sarin gas attacks in Tokyo, when a religious c
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https://www.alojapan.com/1363105/anti-trash-society-what-our-garbage-says-about-us/ Anti-Trash Society? What Our Garbage Says About Us ##visitjapanjp #ActiveTravel #culture #DanielMoore #itadakimasu #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCulture #mottenainai #news #PlasticWaste #recycle #trash #waste Travel to any park, museum, or public space in Japan, and I challenge you to find a trash can. It’s possible, but you never seem to find one when you need it. The official “reason” is the 1995 Sarin gas attacks in Tokyo, when a religious c
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Anti-Trash Society? What Our Garbage Says About Us https://www.byteseu.com/1351515/ #ActiveTravel #culture #DanielMoore #Europe #itadakimasu #Japan #JapaneseCulture #mottenainai #PlasticWaste #recycle #trash #Waste
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back in the early heyday of #plastics, the great conjecture was that it was just a matter of time until we found an easy, natural way to break down plastics and make them reusable.
I bought in—I made the scientific leap that let me follow that conjecture—that some bacteria or enzyme or process would be found soon for the #plasticwaste.
60 years of #BigChem promises and profit taking, with no discoveries—and those made even less likely by their lack of corporate responsibility..
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Developers at Flinders University and the German biotech company one • five have created a seaweed-based coating designed to replace plastics used in fast food packaging.
Many food containers and wrappers contain harmful plastics derived from fossil fuels that do not biodegrade and break into tiny microplastics that pollute the environment and harm marine ecosystems.
#News #Plastics #PlasticWaste #MarineProtection #Conservation #Environment