4 Rules Designers Swear by to Keep Fall Decor Feeling Fresh
We spoke with four designers to get their pro decorating tips for curating your own fall fantasy that doesn’t look like the ...
Science Daily15d
New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics
Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that ...
CBS News18d
Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a business failed 3 times by fire marshal
Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...
WFMZ-TV21d
Uline to host a hiring event for shift warehouse workers
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Uline is looking to grow their workforce in the Lehigh Valley. Uline will be hosting a hiring event on Wednesday, Sept. 4 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. to fill day and night shift ...
Los Angeles Times21d
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling?
Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.
CBS News21d
Houston's plastic waste is piling up, waiting on the promise of "advanced recycling"
Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...
Adelaide Now22d
More plastic bags banned from September 1 in new phase of SA crackdown
The grace period is over for a whole new range of now banned plastic bags and other everyday products. Vote in our poll and have your say. The state government announced from September 1 ...
The Hill23d
Super small pieces of plastic are invading human brains, scientists say
These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...
The Jakarta Post23d
Breaking the plastic habit: The urgent need to address plastic pollution
Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world with 275 million people, but the second largest plastic polluter after China, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
TechSpot24d
Researchers unlock cheap way to vaporize plastic and use it to make more plastic
Researchers have cracked the code for turning plastic back into the building blocks to make new plastics. It could revolutionize recycling, which studies have shown is broken. Researchers at UC ...
Los Angeles Times25d
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...