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Researchers conducted their two-part study using corals collected from waters off the North Carolina coast. (Photo: Pixabay)

Corals developing taste for plastics: Study

Researchers conducted their two-part study using corals collected from waters off the North Carolina coast.

25 Oct 2017 2:23 PM

Anu Tandon Vieira

Way to retyre!

Recycling and upcycling are key words for designer Anu Tandon Vieira, who uses discarded tyres and plastic ropes to...

17 Sept 2017 12:33 AM

Some eight million tonnes of plastic is dumped into oceans every year. (Photo: Pixabay)

New ultralight material offers many uses for plastic waste,...

The team had been looking for novel engineering applications to help reduce the global scourge of plastic waste.

30 Nov 2018 6:46 AM

Juhi Chawla

Juhi Chawla destined to fight plastic

Pursuing the cause in full effect, Juhi believes it to be her destiny to make the world plastic-free.

4 Nov 2018 10:57 PM

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Ocean plastics raise risk of coral reef disease

Coral reefs are already under stress due to global warming.

26 Jan 2018 8:45 AM

Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030. (Photo: Pixabay)

Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030

The island started recycling plastic and pushing to reduce single-use plastic items more than a decade ago.

23 Feb 2018 8:11 AM

A picture a model sporting the glitter eye makeup trend.

Glitter's toxic, scientists want it banned

Experts believe glitter can be harmful for both skin and the environment.

2 Feb 2018 1:28 PM

Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Infinitely' recyclable plastic developed

Polymers are a broad class of materials characterised by long chains of chemically bonded, repeating molecular units...

29 April 2018 1:21 PM

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Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge

437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world's coastlines.

22 April 2018 5:45 AM

The production of this enzyme allowed a research team to produce something capable of digesting plastic most effectively. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists create plastic-eating enzyme

The production of this enzyme allowed a research team to produce something capable of digesting plastic more...

19 April 2018 10:38 AM

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Space study fashionable, waste management isn't

A huge economic opportunity arises from incorporating good waste management.

16 April 2018 7:15 PM

Half of all plastic enters oceans from just 5 rapidly growing economies in South-East Asia.

What nations are doing to stem flow

Concerted action in the form of a $5 billion annual spending on waste-management could trigger revamp packaging systems,...

16 April 2018 7:12 PM