Lego, a cool and family-friendly brand that’s currently worth a whopping $7.4 billion, has basically created a huge plastic empire. Back in 1946, the founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, got hisContinue Reading
In a first for the automotive industry, BMW’s NEUE KLASSE of electric cars, due to arrive in 2025, will contain plastic components created from 30 percent recycled fishing nets andContinue 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
Plastic items are useful and convenient, but they also come with a high environmental cost. You probably assume that when you toss plastic into the recycling bin it will beContinue Reading
Toy giant Lego is aiming to put bricks made from recycled drinks bottles on shelves within two years. Lego makes about 3,500 different bricks and shapes, but faces the challengeContinue Reading
The Ocean Cleanup project, a nonprofit that’s attempting to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using specialized floating equipment, is planning to sell the plastic it’s collected in theContinue Reading
Lucro Plastecycle Pvt Ltd., an Indian plastic recycling firm has received funding from Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management company. The investment was made through Circulate Capital Ocean Fund, whichContinue Reading
Coke, Pepsi and several other big plastic polluters are getting sued for lying about their products’ recyclability and clogging up the oceans with millions of tons of waste. In factContinue Reading
