Good News Notes: “Up to now, the existing biodegradation products have been neither completely decomposed nor recycled, which causes bigger problem. Specific conditions such as proper temperature, moisture, and aerobic property are required to vitalize activities of microorganisms and accordingly to decompose the biodegradation material. But there has not been the facilities equipped with such…
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Lego develops first bricks made from recycled plastic bottles
Good News Notes: “Lego has unveiled its first bricks made from recycled plastic bottles and revealed that it hopes to include the pieces in sets within two years. The Danish company, which takes its name from the Danish words for “leg godt”, meaning “play well”, makes billions of bricks a year, most of them from…
Ecology of the Home: Upcycling Goes Russian
Good News Notes : “Altering an old shirt or putting a patch on your favorite jeans means not only saving on buying a new thing but also saving your house from clutter — and maybe even saving the environment. Four years ago Valeria Tsvirko founded the “ANTYPlyushkin” project in a St. Petersburg library communication center. She originally…
Plastic trash can now be recycled into ultra-strong graphene
Good News Notes: “Packaging from the grocery store, lint from our clothing, plastic shopping bags – plastics and microplastics are everywhere, and they’re not going anywhere. In fact, it will take them hundreds of years to decompose in landfills . In order to speed up this decomposition process, scientists from Rice University are transforming these discarded…
Compostable potato packaging introduced
Good News Notes: “Chelsea, Mass.-based Arrowfarms companies Morning Kiss Organic and Gold Bell are introducing new, fully compostable paper bag potato packaging. ‘Our new bags, which are fully compostable at home, fulfill a strong consumer demand for sustainable packaging,’ Michael Guptill of Morning Kiss Organic, said in a news release. ‘We hope that retailers will…
Green Whale Global supplies compostable plastic products to fashion, cosmetic industries
Good News Notes: “Green Whale Global, the first South Korean firm to produce 100 percent biodegradable plastics, has successfully supplied international and Korean clothing brands with biodegradable hardened plastics, the company said. The clothing brands such as Recto, Nounou, and Nohant are soon to offer environmentally friendly packaging and hangers using plastics manufactured by GWG,…
This reusable packaging could help e-commerce waste
Good News Notes: “If you order a sweater or t-shirt from the clothing brand Eliou, you don’t have to get it in a plastic or cardboard mailer. Instead, you can choose to have it sent in a reusable package. When the shipment arrives, you take out the clothing, fold up the empty package, seal it with…
Tips to Use Less Plastic
Good News Notes: “Check out these easy ways you can start reducing your waste in your every day life! Did you know that of the 30 million tons of plastic waste generated in the US in 2009, only 7 percent was recovered for recycling? Here are 17 ways to reduce your plastic waste: Stop using…