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1.8 million tons of plastic waste turned into 3D printing threads in Germany
The Fraunhofer Institute is transforming millions of tons of household plastic waste into 3-D printed products.
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Plastic art installations as Indonesia seeks to convert waste into energy
Art installations, including one resembling a faucet pouring plastic bottles into the streets of Surabaya in Indonesia, are ...
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New way to turn plastic waste into useful 3D-printed products
In Germany, about 5.6 million tons of plastic packaging are thrown away every year after just one use. Sadly, less than a ...
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Africa: The Giant Plastic Tap - How Art Fights Plastic Pollution
"The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We're used to ...
How valuable substances can be extracted from wood and plastic waste
What should be done with all the wood and plastic waste? This has been investigated by Supriyanto, Ph.D. in the research area ...
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Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests
Hundreds and even thousands of years from now, scientists may date sediment layers by finding bits of old plastic, similar to how today’s archaeologists date excavations by the art styles of ...