Green In Death: Biodegradable Plastic Urns
Just because you’ve passed away doesn’t mean you must stop helping the environment. A Swiss company Alento AG, a plastics processor that specializes in “enhanced wood plastic composites,” has come up […]
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Pacific Plastic Problem Looks Grim
News about the marine plastic problem isn’t very uplighfting these days. The first scientific results from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego (UCSD) offer a bleak […]
1939 World Fair Plastic “Ghost Car” Up for Auction
A Pontiac Deluxe Six, often called the “Ghost Car,” was a star attraction at the New York World Fair in 1939. It was covered in a plastic called Plexiglas, so […]
Plastic-Producing Potato Sites Vandalized
On the nights of July 9 and 11, masked attackers vandalized two experimental sites in Germany growing genetically modified wheat and potatoes. The potatoes were producing a raw material in […]