Good News Notes: “A range of candles by French brand Amen will be delivered in carbon-negative packaging made from mycelium and agricultural waste. The brand hopes the packaging will help it tackle the hidden plastic waste associated with shipping fragile products such as candles, which often require bubble wrap or other plastics to protect them even if the outer packaging is plastic-free. ‘Our…
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Suzuki’s motorboat filter gobbles up microplastics
Good News Notes: “Suzuki Motor has created an attachment for its boat motors that collects microplastics, a major source of pollution in the world’s oceans and waterways, the company said Thursday, adding that the device was the first of its kind. The Japanese company plans to launch the collector as an optional add-on next year,…
Will California’s roads soon be made of recycled plastic?
Good News Notes: “Plastic bottles by the side of a road are a common sight, an unseemly reminder of how often consumer products are discarded carelessly. Now some of those bottles may become part of the road. A Northern California company has devised a process that integrates recycled plastic into road repaving, an innovation that…
Taming plastic waste with silica plastic blocks
Good News Notes: “In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic to make construction blocks. The silica plastic blocks (SPBs) are strong enough to build a house and can be useful in reducing world pollution problems. As the company behind this new technology, Rhino Machines experimented…
Hawaii Island student innovators tackle plastic pollution
Good News Notes: “Several Hawaii Island student teams worked diligently from January-April to develop ideas for how to help solve one of the island’s urgent environmental problems. They competed in The Success Factory — NexTech’s Fish Tank, the first STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) competition of its kind on Hawaii Island designed to empower…
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…
Kenyan scientist builds with bottles to beat plastic pollution
Good News Notes: “Hope Mwanake understands the plastic pollution crisis facing Kenya better than most.” “An environmental scientist who ran a waste collection service in Kenya’s central town of Gilgil, she witnessed first hand the mountains of plastic buckets, bottles and jerry cans discarded by residents, hotels, shops and schools.” “Along with business partner and…