7/8/2023 – Kaua’i Now In a multi-year collaborative project, Hawai’i Pacific University research scientists and students have simulated rainfall on Hawai‘i’s first plastic road to determine if the created stormwater runoff contains harmful leached microplastics and/or synthetic chemicals. The project began in October in Ewa Beach on O’ahu and is led and funded by the […]
(KVUE 5/23/2023) A new discovery by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin could be a game-changer for recycling plastic. Scientists call it a plastic-eating enzyme. A new discovery by University of Texas at Austin researchers could be a game-changer when it comes to recycling plastics. The “plastic-eating enzyme” can break down a certain
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(CNN) — Microplastics contaminate the whole planet, from Arctic ice to Mount Everest. The tiny particles, less than 5 millimeters in diameter, are in the air we breathe, and have been found in human placenta, blood and lungs. Scientists estimate that there are at least 14 million metric tons of microplastics on the ocean floor, and while all kinds of plastic debris are considered
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(Columbia Climate School) There are currently 75 to 199 million tons of plastic polluting our oceans, according to the World Economic Forum. This is a result of humans recycling only nine percent of plastic waste and dumping 10 million tons of it into the seas each year. If we continue on this path, the annual flow
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New York Times, Livia Albeck-Ripka 3/7/22 In a First, California Plans to Clean Up Microplastics The state has adopted a strategy to monitor and reduce the ubiquitous form of pollution. They are in your gut. They are in the ocean. They are even floating through the air in the most remote regions of the West. Microplastics — fragments
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