Two young scientists Miranda Wang (Miranda Wang) and Jeanne Yao (Jeanny Yao) specially created a bacterium that can decompose plastic into simpler polymers and carbon dioxide. They were already able to raise several hundred thousand dollars for the commercialization of their development, and also became the youngest winners of the Perlman Prize. According to stillunfold, […]
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Year: 2019
The price of propylene in Europe fell by EUR80 per tonne in July
The contract price of propylene in Europe for July deliveries was finally agreed at EUR910 per tonne, which is EUR80 per tonne lower than June, ICIS reported. The contract price was approved under the terms of FD NWE (with delivery to North-West Europe). The decline was expected due to a fall in naphtha quotations and […]
Launched the biggest project for cleaning the world’s oceans
Launched the biggest project for cleaning the world’s oceans Despite the opinions of many skeptics (for example, Artemy Lebedev), the Great Pacific Trash Bin really exists. It can not be seen from space and it is difficult to discern with the human eye. This is not a floating island of garbage that can be poked […]
Garbage “adapted” for making tofu
East Java is littered with waste that is smuggled illegally from many countries around the world. Residents of Malaysian villages began to use plastic trash as fuel in the manufacture of tofu bean curd. Such an illegal method of “recycling” arose against the background of the garbage crisis in Southeast Asia and Australia. In 2018, […]
Ukrainian imports of polyethylene increased by 11% in January
According to the results of the first five months of the year, the total volume of imports of polyethylene (PE) to the Ukrainian market grew by 11% compared with the same indicator of 2018 and amounted to 111.3 thousand tons. The increase in external supplies was mainly attributable to low-pressure polyethylene (HDPE), according to a […]
In Zhytomyr, the heat prevents extinguish the fire at the dump
Dry hot weather and wind contribute to burning and prevent to extinguish the fire. In the Zhytomyr region rescuers for the sixth day extinguish a fire at a dump in the tract Rzhatkovka near Novograd-Volynsky. According to the press service of the Department of Emergencies and Emergencies in Zhytomyr region, currently firefighters continue to extinguish […]
In Belarus, the first time they began to produce biological packages of corn
An environmentally friendly alternative to polyethylene “T-shirts” appeared in Belarus – bags made of corn. In the near future, the first such packages will be delivered to large retail chains, BelTA learned from the manufacturing company. Industrial production of corn bags launched in Logoisk. Its uniqueness is that such packaging is completely decomposed after a […]
G-20 countries agreed to fight plastics in the oceans
The agreement to reduce plastic waste in the world’s oceans has been reached in Japan by the ministers of environmental protection of the G-20 countries, reports DW. The first international agreement to reduce plastic waste in the world’s oceans was reached on Sunday, June 16, at the G20 meeting in Japan. The agreement sets forth […]
Ecology or economy: How to make recycling in Ukraine profitable
The National Waste Management Strategy adopted in 2017 prescribed that the volume of solid waste disposal at landfills should be reduced from 95% (in 2016) to 50% in 2023 and to 30% in 2030. However, last year’s figure did not keep up with the pace: the amount of buried waste in 2018 decreased by only […]
Black pipe PE prices are falling.
Prices of imported black pipe polyethylene (PE 100) in China are falling amid weak demand in the domestic market, according to ICIS. The situation with purchases on the Chinese market PE 100 has worsened since trade tensions between the United States and China escalated in May, despite the fact that this type of PE as […]