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7 Places Microplastics Are Hiding in Your Kitchen and Easy Swaps to Get Them Out
Microplastics have become a serious problem for pollution, but now scientists worry about the potential health effects too.
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BASF selling Styrodur XPS business, brand to partner
The sale to Karl Bachl Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH coincides with BASF's plan to increase production of expanded polystyrene.
Woburn startup could give US solar industry a second chance
Active Surfaces says its thin, flexible solar collectibles can be attached not just to roofs, but walls, tents, backpacks, ...
US engineers craft 3D shapes from single sheets to control light and sound path
The researchers employed kirigami techniques to create cuts in a sheet of paper, resulting in a complex surface with numerous ...
Plastic Stools You Can Compost? These Furniture Designers Are Experimenting With Biomaterials
To combat the industry's waste problem, some studios are trading throwaway materials for ones they say can biodegrade or be recycled.
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What are these weird Pringle-shaped plastic things that washed up on the beach?
On Reddit, u/SnapeSev reports the discovery of mysterious plastic disks that washed up on the Italian shore near Rogivo. They're flexible but hard and have the distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid ...
How much of your aluminium can, glass jar or plastic bottle has been recycled?
The grocery aisle is a dizzying array of colourful packaging, but most of it is made of virgin materials. So what happens to ...
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Plastic supercapacitors could solve energy storage problems
Plastics have shaped our modern world and changed the way we live. For decades, they have been primarily used in electronics ...