Plastics
- Science
Study finds machines now identify 12 different types of plastics
Washington: A team of researchers from the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University has now developed a new camera technology that can see the difference between 12 different types…
- Bangalore
Hundreds plog for a clean India in 8 cities on Gandhi@150
Bengaluru: Hundreds of people, young and old, boys and girls plogged to pick up litter, including plastics as the Swedish do and cleaned eight cities across the country to mark Gandhi Jayanti,…
- News
Nepal bans single-use plastics on Everest region
Kathmandu: Nepal will make the Everest region a plastic-free zone by 2020 by banning single-use plastics, a move that will curb excessive pollution on the highest point of the Earths surface.The executive council…
- World
Indonesia: Foreign trash ‘like treasure’ in plastics village
Bangun: His weathered face breaks out in a big grin as Keman explains how sifting through rubbish paid for his children’s education, one of many in his Indonesian hometown basking in a…
- News
Seabirds threatened by hazardous chemicals in plastics: Study
Washington: An international collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has found that hazardous chemicals were detected in plastics eaten by seabirds, ultimately affecting their existence.…
- News
Squid may provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastics
Washington: A recently discovered protein, found in squids, could revolutionise materials in a way that would be unattainable with conventional plastic. The study was published in Frontiers in Chemistry. Originating in the…
- News
Zomato apologises after family ‘finds’ plastic fibre in paneer dishes
Aurangabad: After ordering ‘paneer’ dishes from the restaurant discovery and food delivery platform, Zomato, an Aurangabad resident on Friday found plastic fibre in his food. “I ordered paneer chilly, paneer masala, etc…
