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Stories tagged “plastic pollution”
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Common Plastics Can Now Biodegrade in Soil Within a Year
A UK firm's new additive makes polyethylene and polypropylene fully biodegradable in 269 days — affecting the 32% of plastic packaging that leaks into the environment annually.
Technology
Stopping Ocean Plastic: 50M kg Removed, 90% Target by 2040
Dutch inventor Boyan Slat's nonprofit has already removed nearly 50M kg of plastic from rivers and oceans — and is targeting 90% of all floating ocean plastic by 2040.
Technology
Inventor's Laundry Filter Is Already Pulling Tons of Microfibers From Wastewater
A simple add-on for home washing machines is trapping the synthetic threads that escape every wash, keeping plastic-based fibres out of rivers, oceans and tap water.
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The Ocean Cleanup Is Pulling Tons of Trash from LA Rivers Before the 2028 Olympics
The Dutch nonprofit that scoops plastic out of the Pacific is now deploying its river Interceptors in Ballona Creek and the LA River — aiming to clean both waterways in time for the LA 2028 Games.