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Japanese Scientists Develop Eco-Friendly Plastic Ingredient Using Bacteria
This process improves yield, avoids toxic waste, and could lead to more biodegradable plastics, reducing the need for petroleum-based products.
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Tamil Nadu Calls For Eco-Friendly Ganesha Idols To Avoid Water Pollution
With Ganesh Chaturthi set to be celebrated on August 27, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued a set of guidelines urging devotees to opt for eco-friendly idols and to ensure that immersion activities do not pollute waterbodies.
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Kerala Student Creates Eco-Friendly Pen To Reduce Plastic Waste
Amala Jose, a college student from Kerala, has designed PenCanvas, a biodegradable pen made from sustainable materials, with support from her college and mentors to address plastic pollution.
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Biodegradable Microbeads Could Replace Plastic Exfoliants in Skincare Products
A new biodegradable microbead has been developed as a potential replacement for plastic exfoliants in skincare products. These polymer-based beads break down into molecules resembling sugars and amino acids, making them environmentally safe. When tested on pig skin, the beads demonstrated superior performance in removing permanent marker and eyelin...
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Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak Now A Reality? Scientists Unveil Novel Camouflage Material
The scientists added that SAP can also be used as a spray-on coating by adding polycaprolactone - a biodegradable polyester.
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MIT Advances Active Electronics With 3D-Printed, Semiconductor-Free Logic Gates
MIT researchers have created 3D-printed logic gates that perform switching functions without semiconductors. This development could lead to more accessible electronics manufacturing, allowing devices to be printed outside traditional facilities. Though not yet comparable to silicon-based components, these printed devices are a significant step towa...
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Scientists Have Made 100 Percent Biodegradable Plastic From Barley, Can Be Used For Food Packaging
Only about nine percent of plastic is recycled globally, the rest ends up being incinerated, dumped into landfills or ends up polluting nature.
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"Monumental Step": Scientists Create Biodegradable Microplastics
Microplastics are extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste.
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Japan To Soon Launch World's First Wooden Satellite: Know All About It
The satellite is being developed in an effort to test the viability of using biodegradable materials, like wood, as environmentally friendly substitutes for the metals that are currently used to construct all satellites.
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This Startup Is Turning Cow Farts And Burps Into Clothes
The startup turns methane from biogas waste into a biodegradable biopolymer called PHA.
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Cheap, Biodegradable, Water Activated Paper Battery With AA Battery Power, Developed by Researchers
Researchers have developed a battery that is cheap to assemble, biodegradable and made of renewable materials. The new battery is water-activated, disposable, and could significantly reduce the amount of electrical trash produced by single-use devices, including those used in the medical and industrial sectors.
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Researchers Develop Method to Break Down Plastics Under UV Light
Although biodegradable plastics can be decomposed, they require certain industrial conditions to be broken down. Researchers have now developed a way that could make plastics more degradable even in natural environments. Scientists at the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technology (CSCT) of the University of Bath have devised a method to decomp...
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Michelin To Use Plastic Bottles To Manufacture Tyres
French tyre manufacturer, Michelin, announced that it has developed a long term solution to manufacture tyres out of plastic bottles, which could help reuse the millions of single-use plastic bottles which are one of the big sources of global pollution.
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IIT Madras Researchers Develop Anti-Bacterial, Biodegradable Food Wrapping Material
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a food wrapping material which is not only anti-bacterial in nature but also biodegradable.
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Indian-Origin Researcher Turns Banana Plant Into Packaging Material
An Indian-origin researcher-led team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Friday announced it has discovered a novel way to turn banana plantation waste into packaging material that is not only biodegradable but also recyclable.
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Japanese Scientists Develop Eco-Friendly Plastic Ingredient Using Bacteria
This process improves yield, avoids toxic waste, and could lead to more biodegradable plastics, reducing the need for petroleum-based products.
-
Tamil Nadu Calls For Eco-Friendly Ganesha Idols To Avoid Water Pollution
With Ganesh Chaturthi set to be celebrated on August 27, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued a set of guidelines urging devotees to opt for eco-friendly idols and to ensure that immersion activities do not pollute waterbodies.
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Kerala Student Creates Eco-Friendly Pen To Reduce Plastic Waste
Amala Jose, a college student from Kerala, has designed PenCanvas, a biodegradable pen made from sustainable materials, with support from her college and mentors to address plastic pollution.
-
Biodegradable Microbeads Could Replace Plastic Exfoliants in Skincare Products
A new biodegradable microbead has been developed as a potential replacement for plastic exfoliants in skincare products. These polymer-based beads break down into molecules resembling sugars and amino acids, making them environmentally safe. When tested on pig skin, the beads demonstrated superior performance in removing permanent marker and eyelin...
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Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak Now A Reality? Scientists Unveil Novel Camouflage Material
The scientists added that SAP can also be used as a spray-on coating by adding polycaprolactone - a biodegradable polyester.
-
MIT Advances Active Electronics With 3D-Printed, Semiconductor-Free Logic Gates
MIT researchers have created 3D-printed logic gates that perform switching functions without semiconductors. This development could lead to more accessible electronics manufacturing, allowing devices to be printed outside traditional facilities. Though not yet comparable to silicon-based components, these printed devices are a significant step towa...
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Scientists Have Made 100 Percent Biodegradable Plastic From Barley, Can Be Used For Food Packaging
Only about nine percent of plastic is recycled globally, the rest ends up being incinerated, dumped into landfills or ends up polluting nature.
-
"Monumental Step": Scientists Create Biodegradable Microplastics
Microplastics are extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste.
-
Japan To Soon Launch World's First Wooden Satellite: Know All About It
The satellite is being developed in an effort to test the viability of using biodegradable materials, like wood, as environmentally friendly substitutes for the metals that are currently used to construct all satellites.
-
This Startup Is Turning Cow Farts And Burps Into Clothes
The startup turns methane from biogas waste into a biodegradable biopolymer called PHA.
-
Cheap, Biodegradable, Water Activated Paper Battery With AA Battery Power, Developed by Researchers
Researchers have developed a battery that is cheap to assemble, biodegradable and made of renewable materials. The new battery is water-activated, disposable, and could significantly reduce the amount of electrical trash produced by single-use devices, including those used in the medical and industrial sectors.
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Researchers Develop Method to Break Down Plastics Under UV Light
Although biodegradable plastics can be decomposed, they require certain industrial conditions to be broken down. Researchers have now developed a way that could make plastics more degradable even in natural environments. Scientists at the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technology (CSCT) of the University of Bath have devised a method to decomp...
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Michelin To Use Plastic Bottles To Manufacture Tyres
French tyre manufacturer, Michelin, announced that it has developed a long term solution to manufacture tyres out of plastic bottles, which could help reuse the millions of single-use plastic bottles which are one of the big sources of global pollution.
-
IIT Madras Researchers Develop Anti-Bacterial, Biodegradable Food Wrapping Material
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a food wrapping material which is not only anti-bacterial in nature but also biodegradable.
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Indian-Origin Researcher Turns Banana Plant Into Packaging Material
An Indian-origin researcher-led team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Friday announced it has discovered a novel way to turn banana plantation waste into packaging material that is not only biodegradable but also recyclable.
