Eco Trivia for Students

02/07/2025

Please also see the page "No Single Use Plastic"

11/22/2024

Heart Issues? - Plastic Found In More Than 50% of Plaques From Clogged Arteries

10/28/2024

NOT Cool:

A growing body of research shows microplastics reach nearly everywhere in the body, creating vast and unknown dangers.

10/28/2024

Have to recycle first:

A groundbreaking plastic made with E. coli can be infinitely recycled and outperforms traditional fossil fuel-based plastics.

10/28/2024

Wow, who knew:

Rocks crumble into the sea as sand.

07/26/2024

It's still plastic and it's still here, more:

The study demonstrates how upgraded plastic waste can be successfully incorporated into functional electronic devices.

07/22/2024

Yes, better bio-plastic, more:

A plastic alternative being developed in Denmark, made from barley's starch and sugar beet's waste, could soon be holding your leftovers.

11/17/2023

BioPlastic takes much longer to breakdown - PHOTOS. more:

A new report illustrates how not all bioplastic is created equal—and shouldn't necessarily be touted as a solution.

01/18/2023

'Zombie' Virus After 50,000 - more:

Researchers documented 13 never-before-seen viruses that have been lying dormant, frozen in thick ice, over tens of thousands of years.

07/12/2022

Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute—Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Goethe University in Frankfurt, have investigated microplastic pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. They ...

07/08/2022

Can't hide from plastics....

Particles found in supermarket products and on Dutch farms, but human health impacts unknown