Source: dickinson.edu Published: May 25, 2016 Click here to watch “Donating Your Beard to Help the Environment”: https://youtu.be/iBh-BwG1XNM Find out how Associate Professor of Biology Scott Boback’s “dope beard” is helping the environment Video by...
Source: treehugger.com Published: August 25, 2014 CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 marc e marc Megan Treacy Plastics are everywhere and for each different application, there is a different type of polymer that suits those needs. Most plastics can be recycled, but first they must be...
Source: sciencealert.com Published: June 5, 2014 Image: Patricia Corcoran Scientists have announced the existence of a new, trash-based rock type: plastiglomerate. The new type of material will stay in the Earth’s rock record forever, according to a new study, and...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 12, 2014 Lead image via Gerry & Bonni by Kristine Lofgren Right now there are about 46,000 pieces of trash floating around in every square mile of the ocean, which is why Belgian company Ecover is now making their cleaning...
Source: theguardian.com Published: July 4, 2012 Jonathan Watts Recycling firm hopes to improve profits by bypassing informal network of bottle collectors Beijing’s vast army of plastic-bottle scavengers will get an automated rival later this month, when the city...
Source: grist.org Published: March 20, 2013 By John Upton Beaver dams prevented diesel from reaching Willard Bay. Brian Yeung Chevron’s third pipeline spill in Utah in as many years on Monday released hundreds of barrels of diesel, polluting a river, coating beavers...
Source: guardian.co.uk Published: March 7, 2013 By Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent Green cleaning brand claims plastic trawled from the sea can be used to create fully sustainable and recyclable packaging ...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: February 13, 2013 By Beth Buczynski I love eating bacon, but hate making it. Not only does that smell seem to permeate every inch of the house for hours after, but there’s always the question of what to do with the leftover grease....
