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Plastic
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We Will Clean the World of Plastic Thanks to Cows
Researchers have identified bacteria in cow tummies that can decompose polyesters used in fabrics, packaging, and biodegradable bags.…
7 Interesting Facts About Rubbish
Unfortunately, whatever we do as humans these days tends to produce some kind of waste material. Whether it’s…
The Plastic Challenge: Are We Solving the Plastic Problem or Creating Demons for the Future?
When plastic became the “wonder” product for solving so many modern issues in the 1970s, we did not…
Where Do The Oceans’ Microplastics Come From?
Microplastics spell trouble and the world’s oceans are infested by these. What are they and where do they…
Humanity Has Managed To Change Places We’ve Barely Even Visited
From the Mariana Trench to the Moon, we don’t have to be in a place very much to…
If you recycled all the plastic garbage in the world, you could buy the NFL, Apple and Microsoft
This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year.…
Doing The Biggest Ocean Cleanup In History
“Once there was the Stone Age, then the Bronze Age, and now we are in the middle of…