Content to: plastic waste
Ghana’s Citizen Science Strategy to Track Plastic Pollution at Home and Abroad
Ghana's initiative to monitor and report marine plastic pollution using data generated by the public represents a milestone in citizen science.
Is the Ocean Cleanup Back on Track? New System Starts Cleaning Up the Pacific Trash Patch
The last version of the Ocean Cleanup's concept failed out at sea, but now a new version is cleaning up the waves.
Bioplastics: An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Conventional Plastic?
Littering our parks, bus stops and beaches, plastic waste, one of the most serious environmental problems of our times, is quite literally everywhere. Could bioplastics provide a solution? And are they really as sustainable as we might think?
Cash for Trash: The App Entering You Into a Lottery Every Time You Bin Litter
A UK app has created a special cash lottery for anyone picking up and binning litter.
Civic Tech: Citizens Drive Environmental and Climate Protection with Public Data, Apps and Platforms
With citizen-owned digital tools, environmental data and government knowledge can become part of the common good and starting point for change.
Can Plastic Become Food? The ‘Food Generator’ Looking to Turn Our Waste Products into Edible Proteins
Microbial synthetic engineering has the potential to turn many of our waste products into useful commodities. One award winning project hopes to use it to cut down on pollution, and create food at the same time.
Dutch Startup Uses the Power of Bubbles to Remove Plastic From Rivers
By pumping air into canals and rivers, plastic is forced to the surface and fish are left unharmed. In fact, it could even benefit the ecosystem.
The Plastic Atlas Shows: Consumers Aren’t to Blame for the Plastic Crisis, it’s International Corporations
Plastic has become an integral part of our everyday lives - it makes many things easier, but it also endangers our health and fills our planet with waste that's set to be around with us for decades. The latest "Plastic Atlas", from the Böll Foundation, gives us up-to-date facts and figures about our increasingly plastic-filled world.
Is Our Growing Plastic Panic a Convenient Distraction From Much Bigger Issues?
Plastic has become one of the biggest environmental issues of the present day - one that has generated more awareness than any other. But is our focus on ditching plastic really the best use of our time?