Polyurethanes are ubiquitous, composing the material used in many products from microcellular seals to skateboard wheels. One of the reasons the plastic is so popular with material scientists is that it is so durable.
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Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minster warning on Monday that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin of the world can “dream on.”
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A new café culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffeehouses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies.
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Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste.
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EU countries need to adopt policies to boost recycling, to help tackle growing waste, particularly from plastic and electronics, according to two reports by the European Environment Agency published Monday.
Read moreGovernments around the world are grappling with how to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic, but for the people of Bangun trash equals cash.
Read moreThe United States owes $112 million to Georgia Power Co., plus $31.2 million to Alabama Power Co., for failing to accept and dispose of their spent nuclear fuel, the Court of Federal Claims in a ruling of partial summary judgment.
Read moreKeurig Coffee cannot dismiss a class action accusing it of mislabeling its Keurig Green Mountain single-serve coffee pods as recyclable, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreMalaysia will send back some 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground for rich nations, Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said Tuesday.
Read moreSince 2008, hazardous materials that can be recycled have been excluded from federal waste-disposal rules. An Earthjustice attorney fought Tuesday to vacate this exemption.
Read moreNew Yorkers will soon see some big changes after the state Senate signed off this weekend on a ban on plastic shopping bags as well as congestion pricing when they passed the state’s 2020 budget.
Read moreScientists and researchers around the world strive to rid Earth’s oceans of the plague of plastic, with the latest effort from a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory who found a process called ‘upcycling’ could help alleviate the problem.
Read moreBerlin’s unwanted Christmas trees have ended their days as a festive snack for zoo elephants and stocking fillers for some of their fellow residents.
Read moreThe European Parliament on Thursday voted to ban many single-use plastic items, targeting what the administrative arm of the EU says are the 10 products most likely to end up as litter in oceans.
Read moreStarbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans.
Read moreLooking for a plastic straw to sip your soda? It’s no longer allowed in Seattle bars and restaurants.
Read moreThe Colorado Supreme Court upheld Aspen’s 20-cent charge on paper bags Monday, finding it a fee, not a tax, with “a reasonable relationship to Aspen’s cost” of waste management.
Read moreThe tale of wine spills across pages covering thousands of years in the story of humanity. Food science researchers are writing a new chapter, transforming the “waste” from humanity’s noble rot into natural antioxidants used in consumer goods.
Read moreA divided D.C. Circuit rejected challenges Friday to a 2015 rule governing the recycling and collection of solid hazardous waste, restoring a prior rule that gives businesses more discretion to decide who will cart off and recycle their waste.
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