Hyapak Ecotech Limited is turning this plant pest into plastic that biodegrades. When the water hyacinth spreads across Lake Naivasha, (a phenomenon that can be seen from space) it chokes the life ...

so that the product and development and advancement of biodegradable plastic can go really fast, so be it.” Beyond water hyacinth, he thinks urgent action is needed to tackle the climate crisis ...

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

The Indian plastic industry is one of the leading sectors in the country’s economy. The history of the plastic industry in India dates back to 1957 with the production of polystyrene. Since then, the ...

Thailand has become the latest country to take on the global plastic waste crisis by banning imports of plastic waste. For years, the country had served as a key destination for plastic waste from ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.

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Consuming plastic by accident has many health risks. While plastic contaminants will generally leave your body within a day, consumption can cause metabolic disorders and reduced fertility.

ExxonMobil has made a potential play opening discovery in Egypt's frontier Herodotus basin on a prospect that, before drilling began, was estimated could hold up to 5 trillion cubic feet of gas.