Good News Notes: “One of Enzo Romero‘s favorite activities is playing the guitar, which he effortlessly does with his bright blue hand. Initially, it used to hurt, as he used his handless right arm to press down on chords. But now, with fingers on the end, he can play music painlessly. It all began with ‘The…
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Recycling Soda Bottles Into Filament To Print Smaller Soda Bottles
Good News Notes: “…Soda bottles are usually made out of PET plastic, or polyethylene terephthalate, which is one of the most popular thermoplastics in modern society. A soda bottle can be cut into a continuous long, thin strip with the use of a simple hand-operated machine that slices the bottle with a blade. This strip…
Comedian Joe Lycett says he staged TV walkout as a plastics protest
Good News Notes: “Lycett appeared to storm off Steph’s Packed Lunch on Channel 4 after host Steph McGovern showed a photo of him with a type of plastic bottle that he’s campaigning against. “I didn’t realise I was on Newsnight,” he said before departing the studio. But on Friday, Lycett confirmed it had been a…
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…