Plastic-Eating Super Enzyme Could Help Solve The Plastic Waste Crisis
Jordan Davidson – Scientists are on the brink of scaling up an enzyme that devours plastic.
Jordan Davidson – Scientists are on the brink of scaling up an enzyme that devours plastic.
Olivia Rosane – A “trash tsunami” has washed ashore on the beaches of Honduras, endangering both wildlife and the local economy.
Tiffany Duong – A new study of five different kinds of seafood revealed traces of plastic in every sample tested.
Jordan Davidson – One company is looking to end the need for plastic bottles that last hundreds of years and are rarely recycled.
Olivia Rosane – Scientists have discovered the highest concentration of microplastics ever recorded on the Mediterranean seafloor.
Jordan Davidson – It turns out, LEGO bricks can survive in ocean waters for up to 1,300 years, according to the study.
Luke Miller – This mushroom could be the solution to the global plastic problem.
Phillip Schneider – On our current trajectory, what will this problem look like 10 years from now?
Amy Goodrich – The lab analyzed the samples for the presence of 13 ortho-phthalates.
Anna Hunt – What are the safe alternatives?
Phillip Schneider – This type of business ethic has been dubbed ‘conscious capitalism.’
Phillip Schneider – We need natural materials to replace plastics.
Vic Bishop – This is a global problem that we can no longer hide from or pretend not to see.
With plastic microbeads banned in the UK as well as US, it’s surprising that your products might still contain these pollutants.
Michael Parkes – Global drinking water supplies are now contaminated with micro plastics.
Vic Bishop – Plastic fishing, started by company Plastic Whale, is an innovative approach to cleaning up the waterways of Amsterdam.
Video – Akinori Ito of Blest Corporation demonstrates how his invention, a machine that converts plastic into oil, works.
Lynn Hasselberger – It seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our every day lives, and we can’t escape plastic pollution, either.
April McCarthy, Prevent Disease Waking Times Consuming a daily serving of canned food products has a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh food daily. The study is one of the first to quantify BPA levels in humans after ingestion of canned foods. The …
EcoWatch Waking Times Ok, so you know about the potential health implications of BPA in plastic and you do your best to avoid it. But what about PVC in plastics and other products? PVC—polyvinyl chloride, or vinyl—is found in a range of products, from children’s toys to building materials to food packaging. Healthy Child Healthy World describes PVC as …