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"Japanese Scientists Recycle PTFEs with Electron Beam Plastic Recycling"
#Japan #Recycling
https://happyeco…

Japanese Scientists Recycle PTFEs with Electron Beam Plastic Recycling | Happy Eco News
Electron beam plastic recycling breakthrough from Japanese scientists cuts Teflon recycling energy use by 50%, transforming forever chemicals into valuable gases at commercially viable costs.

Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’ | Plastic surgery | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/mar-a-lago-face-plastic-surgery

"Biodegradable Plastic Made from Bamboo Is Stronger and Easy to Recycle"
#Bamboo #Plastic #Plastics

Biodegradable Plastic Made from Bamboo Is Stronger and Easy to Recycle
The rigid yet biodegradable plastic outperforms not only alternative biodegradable options, but plastic itself for mechanical strength.

I found a nice big projection screen in our new pattern club studio that wasn't retracting, the plastic end caps had worn/broken inside. I emailed the manufacturer on the offchance and they were happy to find some replacements that they sent out for the cost of postage. Now it works perfectly! Full credit to Sapphire projection screens for opting out of planned obsolescence

Dr. Kirk Moore had been on trial for five days,
accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards and throwing away the government-supplied doses.
The Utah plastic surgeon faced up to 35 years in prison if the jury found him guilty
on charges that included conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Testimony had paused for the weekend when Moore’s lawyer called him early one Saturday this July
with what felt to him like unbelievable news.
U.S. Attorney Gener…

Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.

CPR renewed for another two years.
Have I mentioned how much I hate bagging mannequins? If they made CPR dummies out of soft fleshy silicone instead of hard plastic they'd seal to the BVM so much better. 50% of the time I squeeze the bag on a dummy it leaks and I barely get any chest rise.

ooh there’s a new kensington expert mouse TB800
i used to use an expert mouse; more recently i’ve been using the slimblade instead
this new expert mouse has a lower profile like the slimblade, and apparently a much smoother scroll wheel
(with the slimblade you twist the ball to scroll which is a neat trick but a scroll wheel has better ergonomics)
the new one has more buttons and side scroll things too
weirdly i can’t find it on kensington’s webshite

Este fin de semana tengo de visita a mi querida sobrina mayor, con quien compartimos el gusto por Miley Cyrus, así que aprovechamos la ocasión para escuchar su música.
#MileyCyrus #Vinilos #VinylRecords

Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
ZEN: All energy banks recharged.
ORAC: Excellent. Excellent. There is now little point in further communications between us by audio channels. In future we will communicate by direct sensory link.
ZEN: Confirmed.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/304/283<…

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromTheFacebook

🦠 Enzyme motif reveals how plastic-munching bacteria are evolving across the seven seas
#bacteria

Enzyme motif reveals how plastic-munching bacteria are evolving across the seven seas
Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted by our synthetic castaways.

Well, fuck. That's not supposed to happen...
#3dprinting
#fail

Performance evaluation of compact plastic scintillating fiber modules for muon tomography applications
Yiyue Li, Huiling Li, Hui Liang, Cong Liu, Chenghan Lv, Hongbo Wang, Weiwei Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14674

Performance evaluation of compact plastic scintillating fiber modules for muon tomography applications
Muon tomography is a non-destructive imaging technique that exploits cosmic-ray muons from multiple directions. Its performance critically relies on stable, large-area, and high-resolution position-sensitive detectors. In this work, we report on the development of four compact scintillating fiber modules, each 100 cm long and composed of two staggered layers of 1 mm diameter fibers. The fibres are read out at one end by one-dimensional silicon photomultiplier arrays with a 2 mm pitch, coupled t…

Urban Adventure 🏞️
城市探险 🏞️
📷Nikon FE
🎞️Fuijfilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Eat your l'il plastic heart out, Chatty Kathy:
After a teddy bear talked about kink, AI watchdogs are warning parents against smart toys | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/28/artificial-intelligence-smart-toys

printed new #AirTag keychain holders.
https://www.printables.com/model/65525-airtag-strong-keyring-keychain-holder

Plastic metric spaces and groups
Taras Banakh, Oles Mazurenko, Olesia Zavarzina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10537 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.10537

Plastic metric spaces and groups
A metric space is plastic if all its non-expansive bijections are isometries. We prove three main results: (1) every countable dense subspace of a normed space is not plastic, (2) every $k$-crowded separable metric space contains a plastic dense subspace, and (3) every strictly convex separable metric group contains a plastic dense subgroup.

"The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Ein weit verbreiteter #Weichmacher in #Plastik, das #Phthalat #DEHP, steht mglw. in Verbindung mit töd…

New study links chemical in plastics to fatal heart disease
More than one in eight deaths from heart disease in older adults is being linked to DEHP. The plastic chemical appears to play a role in many other health issues, too.

Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/library-is-rescuing-historical-treasures-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks-from-the-digital-d…

Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’
Iron oxide on the surface of the plastic may corrode material away, or it may lose its magnetism, preventing it from begin read at all.

Study provides first evidence that plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables https://phys.org/news/2025-09-evidence-plastic-nanoparticles-accumulate-edible.html

Study provides first evidence that plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables
Plastic pollution represents a global environmental challenge, and once in the environment, plastic can fragment into smaller and smaller pieces.

Bangladesh's fragile ecosystems are drowning in plastic waste—but there's hope on the horizon.
BRAC is launching an innovative project that turns single-use plastic into raw materials, creating jobs while cleaning up critical areas like the Sundarbans and Cox's Bazar. Early success means it could roll out nationwide soon.

New ventures set out to tackle the plastic choking Bangladesh’s ECAs
The amount of single-use plastic that gets recycled as a measure to manage plastic pollution is insignificant in Bangladesh. However, some small-scale ventures working in this sector are trying to improve the situation. Currently, around 300 small-scale ventures are engaged in recycling plastic waste, specifically single-use plastic bottles and other plastics heavier than polybags, which […]

"Plastics dominate UK litter as rural and outdoor spaces emerge as pollution hotspots"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Plastic #Plastics

Plastics dominate UK litter as rural and outdoor spaces emerge as pollution hotspots
A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded across the UK, with countryside locations and public recreation areas carrying some of the heaviest burdens.

Got this computer in an estate sale a while ago and it just booted up first try!!1!
Only thing not working is CD eject.
Also the case of this DELL has extremely brittle plastic, a part of it just crumbled when I picked it up.
Still amazing that it just sprang to life though.

La pollution plastique va plus que doubler d'ici 2040, générant l'équivalent d'un camion poubelle de déchets chaque seconde.
#plastique #environnement

Wait, the bag is at risk of suffocation? Knotting it seems counter-productive in that case. Rationally abandoning it is the better option, I'd say.
#Fail

RUDE

🧃 UK study finds microplastics in all beverages tested, raising exposure estimates
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-uk-microplastics-beverages-exposure.html

UK study finds microplastics in all beverages tested, raising exposure estimates
Microplastics have found their way deep inside our bones, brains, and even babies. A UK study found that 100% of all 155 hot and cold beverage samples tested contained synthetic plastic particles.

Enhancement of diffusivity and plastic deformation in ultrasound-assisted cold spray of tungsten: a molecular dynamics study
Md Tusher Ahmed, Farid Ahmed, Jianzhi Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09803

Enhancement of diffusivity and plastic deformation in ultrasound-assisted cold spray of tungsten: a molecular dynamics study
Tungsten ($W$) is widely valued for its exceptional thermal stability, mechanical strength, and corrosion resistance, making it an ideal candidate for high-performance military and aerospace applications. However, its high melting point and inherent brittleness pose significant challenges for processing $W$ using additive manufacturing (AM). Cold spray (CS), a solid-state AM process that relies on high-velocity particle impact and plastic deformation, offers a promising alternative. In this stu…

"Microplastics found in the stomachs of Amazon tree-dwelling monkeys"
#Microplastics #Monkeys

Microplastics found in the stomachs of Amazon tree-dwelling monkeys
Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a tree-dwelling primate, according to a recent study. The researchers evaluated 47 Juruá red howler monkeys (Alouatta juara) and found green-colored microplastic filaments, smaller than 5 millimeters […]

Elastic-plastic cell-based smoothed finite element method solving geotechnical problems
Yang Yang, Mingjiao Yan, Zongliang Zhang, Miao Zhang, Feidong Zheng, Dong Pana, Xiaozi Lina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07687

Elastic-plastic cell-based smoothed finite element method solving geotechnical problems
An elastic-plastic cell-based smoothed finite element method (CSFEM) is proposed for geotechnical analysis of soils and rocks exhibiting nonlinear and path-dependent behaviors. By introducing strain smoothing over subcell domains and employing a consistent stress return-mapping algorithm, the method enhances stress accuracy, alleviates volumetric locking, and reduces sensitivity to mesh distortion while retaining the flexibility of polygonal elements. The formulation is implemented in ABAQUS vi…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band:
🎵 Imagine
#JohnLennon #PlasticOnoBand

Plastic packaging could be a greater sin than food waste #environment

Plastic packaging could be a greater sin than food waste
Food waste has long been reviled as an immoral, largely preventable feature of our consumer society.

I am these cost 25¢ per song years old.
I wonder how much the artists got paid being played on these compared to Spotify or any of the other streaming services? Assuming they did in fact get paid.
Think how annoying it is when some AH plays their phone on speaker. Now imagine a diner full of tables all playing their own tunes on speaker (the only way you could).

So much winning.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sonder-marriott-bonvoy-partnership-guests-24-hours-vacate-rooms/

Urban Adventure II 🏞️
城市探险 II 🏞️
📷Nikon FE
🎞️Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

It's alive!
The IBM 5150 (AKA IBM PC) just needed two caps on the 12V line replaced. The monitor had some plastic rattling around in the case. Both of those were pretty easy to solve.
#retrocomputing

Who Makes the BEST Plastic Kits for Bolt Action?
A nice video comparing 28mm for wwii.
#victrix

More and more #PublicTransit agencies have their own reloadable plastic cards instead of paper tickets. I have a collection from numerous cities. What almost all of them #fail in, is writing the name of their #city

So far:
Average person my age: using a mobile train ticket.
Me: using a paper ticket (pass) bought at a ticket office.
Now:
Average person my age: using a mobile train ticket.
Me: using a plastic card (pass).

"The hidden health risks of bottled water"
#Water #Plastic #Plastics

The hidden health risks of bottled water
Plastic bottled water is popular despite health risks and environmental costs but decentralised technologies could cut plastic waste while improving water safety.

🛍️ Why plastic bags will be gone from California groceries by the end of 2025
#plastics

Why plastic bags will be gone from California groceries by the end of 2025
"Paper or plastic?" Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past.

I have an expired credit card with a metal core that I want to destroy. I originally thought the core was an aluminum alloy, but it resisted scissors. With some bending and prying, I'm 99% sure the core is steel.
After a few minutes of work, I managed to peel some of the plastic off the mag-stripe side but cut a finger in the process.
The card had a pleasant heft and feeling of durability, but given the difficulty to destroy it, I really dislike it now.

Bio-based film matches traditional plastic packaging in blocking moisture and oxygen
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-bio-based-traditional-plastic-packaging.html

🍰
cut my slice into pieces
this is my plastic fork

Fixed my Keurig after breaking several plastic aesthetic elements. Turns out I just needed to push a paperclip through the bottom needle.
It's a Cyberpunk Coffee maker now.

100,000 New Jobs Will Clean Up the Coastline and Protect Species from Plastic, Overdevelopment https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100000-new-jobs-will-clean-up-the-coastline-and-protect-species-from-plastic-overdevelopment/…

100,000 New Jobs Will Clean Up the Coastline and Protect Species from Plastic, Overdevelopment
250 million people depend on coastal areas for their homes and livelihoods in sectors like fisheries, transport, and tourism.

Reverse Supply Chain Network Design of a Polyurethane Waste Upcycling System
Dalga Merve \"Ozkan, Sergio Lucia, Sebastian Engell
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08097 https://…

Reverse Supply Chain Network Design of a Polyurethane Waste Upcycling System
This paper presents a general mathematical programming framework for the design and optimization of supply chain infrastructures for the upcycling of plastic waste. For this purpose, a multi-product, multi-echelon, multi-period mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model has been formulated. The objective is to minimize the cost of the entire circular supply chain starting from the collection of post-consumer plastic waste to the production of virgin-equivalent high value polymers, satisfying…

"EU agrees recycled plastic targets for cars"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Cars #Vehicles

EU agrees recycled plastic targets for cars
Car manufacturers in Europe will have to include more recycled plastics in new vehicles under new EU rules agreed on by the bloc's countries and lawmakers on Friday.

One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied.
Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, wearing a plastic gas mask and flanked by Roman soldiers in tactical vests labeled “ICE.”
In another Chicago suburb, not far from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that has drawn protests over detentions, a sign at the manger outside the Urban Village Church says
“Due to ICE activit…

Church nativity displays on immigration draw praise, outrage in Illinois and Massachusetts
Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates. At Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, the baby Jesus lies with zip-tied wrists in the kind of emergency blankets given ICE detainees. At St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, the manger sits empty, beneath a sign reading “ICE was here.” Supporters say Jesus, Mary and Joseph were refugees, comparing them to immigrant communities facing federal raids. Critics call the displays political and sacrilegious. The controver…

Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn #environment

Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of plastic—spreading them considerable distances, and increasing exposure and impact within the environment.

"They're harmful," he said
As he tossed the plastic straw
Off of the cruise ship.
#dailyhaikuprompt - straw
#haiku
#poem

Discarded Plastic Fishing Nets Are Turned into Filament for 3D Printers https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/discarded-plastic-fishing-nets-are-turned-into-filament-for-3d-printers/

One advantage of separate collection of plastic/packaging waste (here in the Netherlands) is that it shows us the amount of it.

A tiny side-project that I can hopefully pull through: reverse engineering an audio box for kids that works with proprietary “tokens.” Like a cassette player but rigid af. Use and dispose. #hackerspace #netz39
First stop, getting info about chips and pins. A cheap USB microcontroller it i…

HALP

I strongly endorse the first part of what @tarheel said here: make plastic more expensive. Bake its human and environmental costs into the price of the products that use it.
I’m not optimistic about that happening under anything like current political conditions, but still important to note what a good idea that would be if we did it.
https://mstdn.io/@tarheel/115651260261673168

Is your mailbox or PO box often filled to its limit (or beyond) by ULINE catalogs and promo mailings?
Do you wonder at the increasing cost of US Postal service, especially, for anything thicker than an few pages or an SD card (USB flash drives are too thick and get bumped into the parcel post price range)?
Are you tired of brand-R $billionaires complain of welfare queens and government giveaways to the "woke".
Well, meet Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, owners of UL…

ULINE - Shipping Boxes, Shipping Supplies, Packaging Materials, Packing Supplies
Uline stocks over 43,000 shipping boxes, packing materials, warehouse supplies, material handling and more. Same day shipping for cardboard boxes, plastic bags, janitorial, retail and shipping supplies.

Series D, Episode 02 - Power
TARRANT: [Disbelieving] Telekinesis?
ORAC: The power to move objects at a distance using only the mind-
DAYNA: [Cutting him off] Yes, we know what it means.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/402/445 B7B2

"Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’"
#Plastic #Plastics #Pollution

Today was stripping day!
The builder came in and stripped all the wallpaper off of the walls to leave the mostly white and partly scarred walls. Also covered the carpet in plastic since plastering and painting begin soon.

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.atom-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.atom-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Enhancement of diffusivity and plastic deformation in ultrasound-assisted cold spray of tungsten:...
Md Tusher Ahmed, Farid Ahmed, Jianzhi Li

BTW, zwei Jahre nach Inkrafttreten des #Plastiktütenverbot​s in #Vermont ist deren Nutzung um 91 Prozent zurückgegangen.
Laut einer Studie der University of Vermont wird das Gesetz von rund 70 Prozent der Befragten positiv bewertet. Der Erfolg wird auf die einfache Umsetzung, g…

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find | Gund Institute for Environment | The University of Vermont

Let's dissect this AI garbage
1. The camera is a "Hitachi MP-EG10", not the "Hitachi MP-Eg1"
2. It's actually not a driver for the camera but for the Hitachi MP-ADI1 ISA interface kit (the camera is from 1997 and predates USB and didn't have an easy way to directly transfer data)
3. It's in a little plastic baggy, not "sealed"
4. It's neither valuable nor for "anyone"
5. It doesn't enhance any experiences

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Ganser:
🎵 Half Plastic
#Ganser
https://ganser.bandcamp.com/track/half-plastic
https://open.spotify.com/track/2XZPLnlSOXe3MRlUeVidFg

⛽ Yale Scientists Crack the Code on Turning Plastic Waste Into Fuel
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Yale-Scientists-Crack-the-Code-on-Turning-Plastic-Waste-Into-Fuel.html

Yale Scientists Crack the Code on Turning Plastic Waste Into Fuel
Yale scientists have developed a catalyst-free, energy-efficient pyrolysis reactor that converts plastic waste into usable fuel with unprecedented efficiency.

"Plastic Bag Bans Work: New Study Confirms Drop in Beach Litter Where Laws Are in Place"
#PlasticsBags #Plastic #Plastics

Plastic Bag Bans Work: New Study Confirms Drop in Beach Litter Where Laws Are in Place | Happy Eco News
Plastic bag bans work, according to a new nationwide study analyzing 45,000 shoreline cleanups. Areas with bans or bag fees had up to 47% fewer plastic bags collected as litter. The research shows these policies reduce pollution, protect wildlife, and may guide global efforts to regulate plastic waste more effectively.

Clean Rivers partners with Ellen MacArthur Foundation to address plastic waste infrastructure gaps in key countries. . #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Clean Rivers joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation to tackle plastic waste infrastructure gaps in key countries
Together, they will look at how to build collection and recycling infrastructure in various countries, with an initial focus on Brazil.

🎍 Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bamboo-based-plastic-biodegrade-quickly.html

Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stability but can biodegrade in soil within 50 days, presenting a new pathway toward sustainable plastic alternatives.

"Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Princess Elsa of Arrakis communes with Shai-Hulud

"Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment

We don't allow cats on our dinner table, and they full well know that (their punishment when caught is corporal cuddling).
While I was out of the house just now and my wife asleep, the 13yo took this picture.
Oh yeah, my wife's laptop often seems to mysterious crash overnight..
#CatsOfMastodon

To solve marine plastic pollution, experts say production and consumption patterns must change fundamentally https://phys.org/news/2025-10-marine-plastic-pollution-experts-production.html

To solve marine plastic pollution, experts say production and consumption patterns must change fundamentally
Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows.

I am once again begging, begging everyone to hold these 3 thoughts in their head at once:
1. Plastics recycling is not very effective. It’s far, far better to not use plastic at all in the first place, and that failing, far better to reuse.
2. Plastics recycling is not worthless or pointless. Don’t just throw it all away because “iT dOEsn’T matTeR.” A miserable 5% reclaimed is still better than 0% reclaimed.
3. Plastics recycling is nonetheless part of a petrochemical greenwashing campaign, per @…’s post below. https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/115650231600448649

Le plastique c'est (pas) fantastique :
"Les forêts stockent les microplastiques transportés par l'air. Ces particules s'accumulent dans les sols sous l'effet de la pluie, de la chute des feuilles et de la décomposition."
Étude publiée dans Nature Communications Earth & Environment.
#plastique

"Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans

Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds
Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
CHAI:
🎵 Plastic Love
#CHAI
https://chaiofficial.bandcamp.com/track/plastic-love
https://open.spotify.com/track/0hbp7VBH4vQaBm2Dx1giG8

Moody Urbanity - Relations IV 🧶
情绪化城市 - 关系 IV 🧶
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ Shanghai GP3 400 Pan
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

"Childhood Exposure to Plastic Raises Lifetime Health Risks, Research Finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Health

Childhood Exposure to Plastic Raises Lifetime Health Risks, Research Finds

🫘 Researchers turn coffee and plastic waste into climate solution
#chemistry

Researchers turn coffee and plastic waste into climate solution
Researchers at the University of Sharjah have patented a technology designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from industrial processes before it is released into the atmosphere.

"Discarded Plastic Fishing Nets Are Turned into Filament for 3D Printers"
#Plastic #Plastics

Discarded Plastic Fishing Nets Are Turned into Filament for 3D Printers
A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they're buried in a landfill or burned.

"100,000 New Jobs Will Clean Up the Coastline and Protect Species from Plastic, Overdevelopment"
#India #Plastic #Plastics

100,000 New Jobs Will Clean Up the Coastline and Protect Species from Plastic, Overdevelopment
250 million people depend on coastal areas for their homes and livelihoods in sectors like fisheries, transport, and tourism.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers):
🎵 Imagine
#JohnLennonandThePlasticOnoBandwiththeFluxFiddlers

"Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewater"
#Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewater
Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now developed a filter to curb this problem. Their invention was inspired by the gill arch system in fish.

A photo of my friend Erin Leidy from May 2008 carrying a bag of wild leeks she picked on my farm
#photo #photography #portrait

"Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery"
#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery
Some plastic pollution lingers at the ocean’s surface for more than a century.

"EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets"
#EU #EuorpeanUnion #Plastic

EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets
EU takes aim at tiny plastic pellet pollution with new regulations

"Green Roofs Filter Microplastic From Urban Rainfall, Study Finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Green Roofs Filter Microplastic From Urban Rainfall, Study Finds | Happy Eco News
Green roofs filter microplastic from urban rainwater by capturing up to 97.5% of plastic particles during rainfall, according to a new study. Most particles stay in the soil, helping reduce pollution in city waterways. While challenges remain, this adds another reason to expand green roof infrastructure in urban areas.

🐚 Soil fungus and calcium team up to break down bioplastics faster
#fungus

Soil fungus and calcium team up to break down bioplastics faster
A common soil fungus (Purpureocillium lilacinum BA1S), when combined with calcium and mild alkalinity, speeds up the breakdown of biodegradable plastic (PBAT), offering a greener path for managing agricultural and packaging waste.

"Waitrose partners with Polytag to capture data on plastic recycling"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Waitrose #Recycling

"Revolutionary Study Shows Plants That Remove Microplastics Work Better Than Current Technology"
#Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Revolutionary Study Shows Plants That Remove Microplastics Work Better Than Current Technology | Happy Eco News
Plants that remove microplastics from water could revolutionize treatment methods. Scientists discovered okra and fenugreek extracts capture up to 90% of plastic particles, outperforming synthetic chemicals. These natural, biodegradable alternatives cost less than industrial polymers while avoiding toxic additives, offering safer water treatment for communities worldwide.

"Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Birds

"Microplastics reduce soil fertility and boost production of a potent greenhouse gas, study shows"
#Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Microplastics reduce soil fertility and boost production of a potent greenhouse gas, study shows
More than 90% of plastic waste ends up in the soil, where it breaks down into microplastics that are invisible to the naked eye. Microplastic pollution of the soil poses a severe threat to soil health as it can harm essential microbial communities and reduce crop yields. The presence of these tiny plastics may also worsen climate change by boosting the production of greenhouse gases, according to a new study published in Environmental Science & Technology.

Construction equipment was still at work near the new Martha Dodson Field at the second Field Hockey game contested there
#photo #photography #sports

"Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction"
#CoralReef #Microplastics #Plastic

Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction
As the sliver of a new moon shines over Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, millions of tiny orbs ascend from a reef and swirl in the water column. These spheres are bundles of coral eggs and sperm responding to lunar cycles and chemical cues in the water that tell them when to fertilize and where to settle […]

"UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Plastic #Plastics

"Tech Company Replaces Plastic On Fruit And Veg With Edible Plant-Based Coating"
#Food
https://plantbasednews.org/news/fruit-veg-edible-plant-based-coating/

Tech Company Replaces Plastic On Fruit And Veg With Edible Plant-Based Coating
Swedish tech company Saveggy has developed an edible plant-based coating for fruit and veg to replace harmful single-use plastic

"MP calls for ban on ‘biobeads’ at sewage works after devastating Camber Sands spillage"
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