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"Scientists Create Durable Biodegradable Bamboo Plastic That’s Stronger Than Petroleum-Based Materials"
#Bamboo #Plastic #Plastics

Scientists Create Durable Biodegradable Bamboo Plastic That’s Stronger Than Petroleum-Based Materials | Happy Eco News
Chinese researchers created biodegradable bamboo plastic with 110 MPa tensile strength that decomposes in soil within 50 days. Published in Nature Communications (October 2025), the material outperforms petroleum-based plastics in terms of strength and stability, while maintaining 90% of its original strength after recycling. This makes it a renewable and recyclable alternative for industrial use.

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.

France's CNIL fines Condé Nast €750K because vanityfair.fr placed cookies on user devices without proper consent, following a December 2019 complaint (CNIL)
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Israëlische kolonisten verjagen massaal Palestijnen van hun land https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/26/met-treiterijen-vernielingen-en-geweld-verjagen-israelische-koloni…

Met treiterijen, vernielingen en geweld verjagen Israëlische kolonisten Palestijnse gemeenschappen permanent van hun land
Kolonistengeweld: Sinds oktober 2023 is het geweld van Israëlische kolonisten tegen Palestijnse gemeenschappen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever geïntensiveerd, met goedkeuring van het leger. Het aantal buitenposten bij illegale nederzettingen is verdubbeld en zo’n tachtig Palestijnse herdersgemeenschappen zijn verdreven.

Fünf Jahre nach dem #Plastiktütenverbot ist der Verbrauch um 80 % gesunken. Doch laut #Umweltschützern sind sogenannte „#Schummeltüten“ weiter im Umlauf.

Plastiktüte fünf Jahre tabu: Handelsverband zufrieden, Umweltschützer sehen Nachholbedarf
Der Verbrauch von Einweg-Plastiktüten ist seit ihrem Verbot vor fünf Jahren deutlich gesunken. Dennoch gibt es in vielen Supermärkten noch "Schummeltüten". Ein größeres Problem sind laut Nabu außerdem Einwegverpackungen.

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

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.

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

"Washing machine filter captures microfibers as small as 20 micrometers in size"
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Washing machine filter captures microfibers as small as 20 micrometers in size
A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and polyester materials. Lab testing of an SA-made washing machine filter at Flinders University shows it can be a useful new way to help protect waterways from polyester and other synthetic microparticles.

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