Recycling doesn’t address any of plastic’s human and environmental impacts. It’s essentially another form of plastic production, one that usually hurts low-income communities.
Exxon Mobil will postpone its plans for a large new plastics production plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas, according to the company. Construction was initially planned to begin next year on the $10 billion facility in rural Calhoun County.
PlasticFree has opened access to its entire global materials database so that it is freely accessible to designers, brands, and businesses looking to move away from plastic-related materials.
Single-use plastic items are a substantial contributor to litter across Canada, but compostable alternatives can follow a similar path. Marketplace set out to determine how items would break down if they ended up in our environment.
Carrie Pollak’s company Diaper Stork is tackling the mountain of disposable diaper waste by transforming compostable versions into biochar, a climate-friendly material that can improve soils, filter water and cut methane emissions.
Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these depths could further scientific understanding, but also lead to exploitation.
