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Waiting For Raw Material Prices To Decrease In Price

source With fuel prices coming down due to the decrease in oil prices our packaging business is stuck in the middle. Plastic is a by product from fuel production

Nestlé-Danone baby food: up to 54–99 microplastics per gram (Greenpeace/SINTEF data)

Credits: greenpeace.org Among the various websites I follow on nutrition and health, one brought to my attention a Greenpeace International report analyzed by the

Pollution Contaminating Sea Food

source A study back in 2017 suggested that 95% of the plastic pollution in the oceans came from 10 rivers based in Asia and Africa. No doubt these regions are

Plastics in your Whole Body??

We are living in the "Plasticene"—a geological epoch defined not by our art or our wisdom, but by a polymer that refuses to die. As an environmentalist

Proper disposal of plastic waste

Proper disposal of plastic waste is always a problem. I would argue that we shouldn't be using plastics at all in the first place. But it can take a lot of time

More and more plastic recycling initiatives

The world is growing very fast right now and we all know how plastics have become an integral part of our environment. There have been several attempts in the past

What's Ailing Transgendered Individuals Will Eventually Ail You

One of hot topic articles published that can gather thousands of comments is the topic of transgender youth who need emotional support and understanding not condemnation

Plastics becoming home to many Aquatic species

Scientists have recently found out an unusual thing in the pacific where the plastics floating in the water or dumped into the ocean floor is floating in the pacific

How to avoid microplastics in your next cup of coffee with one simple rule.

Gestern haben wir das Problem von Mikroplastik bei Teebeuteln betrachtet und heute habe ich leider auch eine schlechte Nachricht für alle Kaffeeliebhaber. Bei Kaffee

Are tea bags full of microplastics? Beware of microplastics when drinking your next cup of tea.

Sind Teebeuteln voller Mikroplastik? Habe vor Kurzem herausgefunden, dass Teebeuteln eine große Menge von Mikroplastik beinhalten und freisetzen können, vor allem

Coca Cola in a glass bottle. Alternative for plastic?

Coca Cola Zero gibt es jetzt bei Billa (REWE) auch in einer Mehrweg-Pfand 0.4L Glasflasche als Alternative zu der 0.5L-Plastikflasche, was mich positiv überrascht

Microplastics affect till the coral reefs

We have heard the harmful effects of Microplastics and I write lots of articles on this topic. There are also medical evidences that microplastics are affecting

Plastics - The risk in 3D printing

For the past few days I have been exploring and learning more about 3D printing and the capabilities of this technology. I understand that this technology is a well

Switching to eco friendly packaging

I'm glad to see many companies understanding the harmful effects of Plastic poisoning. Many have already switched to eco-friendly packaging. In some nearby cloth

Reducing or recycling plastics - Which one is better?

One group of people keeps saying that plastics shouldn't exist or, at the very least, should opt for greener alternatives, such as bioplastics or biodegradable

Some ideas to convert plastic waste to useful items

We are under the urge or reduce plastic waste to a greater extent in society. To do that, we should go to any extent. Plastic is one of the biggest problems right

Plastics 'crisis' is costing $1.5 trillion in global deaths and injuries, report says

(People on boats collect recyclable plastics from the heavily polluted Citarum River in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, in June 2024.Timur Matahari / AFP via Getty

Biodegradable milk pouch by Nandini brand

Nandini is a very famous milk brand in both urban and rural areas of Bangalore. They have recently launched a biodegradable milk pouch using corn starch. Until now,

Should we encourage plastic items

Today, even though we would like to avoid plastics, many products are still being manufactured in mass with plastics. I understand that once plastics was invented,

Plastics to paracetamol

Today, I read an interesting article where some scientists have had a great breakthrough, where they have found a way to convert PET plastics to Paracetamol, which