The escalating issue of plastic pollution in our oceans, exemplified by the colossal Great Pacific Garbage Patch, demands innovative solutions. A recent discovery by a global team of marine scientistsContinue Reading
In 2019, Clearbot, a company whose automatic robo-boats are doing the dirty, dirty job of cleaning the ocean trash that is happening with manned, diesel boats around the world as of now,Continue Reading
We are in a time called the Plasticene, where plastics are everywhere and it’s hard to escape them. Even tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are all around us. EverContinue Reading
Recycling plastic is a real bummer. Apparently, only 15% of plastic waste gets recycled globally, and even then, almost half of that just gets thrown away. So basically, only 9%Continue Reading
Craig Arnold, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at Princeton and vice dean of innovation, utilized egg whites to develop an aerogel, a lightweight and porous material that may beContinue Reading
Ford has just launched a new automobile part manufactured from recovered fishing nets, or “ghost gear,” which the firm is touting as the auto industry’s first usage of recycled oceanContinue Reading
Microsoft has launched a new mouse that is focusing on recycling and sustainability instead of innovative scroll wheel controls or high-precision DPI. The Microsoft’s Ocean Plastic Mouse is notable becauseContinue Reading
“Plastic is the new acid rain.” New modeling that was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that 84% of airborne microplastics in theContinue Reading
