Tag: recycling plastics
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Nigerians Build Earthquake-Proof Homes from Plastic Bottles
With all the plastic waste in our world, some people have decided to repurpose it into something amazing. In Nigeria, companies have begun using plastic bottles to build homes. Called “bottle brick” technology, the building materials can easily withstand powerful earthquakes. Nigeria’s first home constructed from recycled plastic bottles sits in the village of Yelwa.…
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60 Australian Companies Agree to Radically Reduce Plastic Waste
Recently, over sixty major supermarket chains and multinational brands signed a pact to reduce plastic waste by 2025 radically. Companies in Australia, New Zealand, and other places in Oceania signed the agreement. Major brands participating in the pact include Coca-Cola, Woolworths, and Nestle, as well as several government agencies. The ANZPAC Plastics Pact aims to…
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Researchers Make an Enzyme to Break Down Plastic in Just a Few Days
Scientists have recently created a “super enzyme” that can break down plastic in a matter of days. In fact, it breaks down plastic up to six times faster than an enzyme they’d created previously. The team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme called PETase. To speed up the plastic-eating process,…