Pollution Solutions – Oil/Plastics


Recycled Ocean Plastic Could Become the Building Block of the Future

Source: curbed.com Published: August 1, 2016 By Barbara Eldredge More than 300 million tons of plastic trash is generated every year, but less than 8 percent of that waste is recycled. In fact, as much as 12 million tons ends up in the ocean. A new U.S.-based startup,...

Two Years of CO2 Saving with Bioplastic Packaging

Source: globalcompostproject.org Published: September, 2016 Exactly two years ago, in the Autumn 2014, Officina naturae changed direction in making an effort to increase its sustainable footprint. In fact, since that October, the packaging of household cleaners –...

Ford and Jose Cuervo Partner to Make Bioplastic from Agave

Source: triplepundit.com Published: July 26, 2016 Image credit: Ford Gina-Marie Cheeseman Why would an American car company and a Mexican tequila company ever team up? In the case of Ford Motor Co. and Jose Cuervo: to make bioplastics from an agave byproduct. Ford...

100% Biodegradable Potato Plastics

Source: labiotech.eu Published: June 2, 2017 Biofuels, bioplastics, Moss-based drugs and algae for food. All of these are pioneering areas of GreenTech progress.  So what are the major developments in this forward-thinking field? 1. 100% Biodegradable Potato Plastics...

Packaging Food with Food to Reduce Waste

Source: nytimes.com Published: May 30, 2017 The design company Ecovative makes a variety of packaging materials using mycelium fungus. Credit: Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times By Stephanie Strom For the environmentally conscious eater, they are among the most...