On the third of November, Alaska Airlines announced that they will replace the single-use plastic bottles and cups they use to serve their passengers' water. Instead, they will use plant-based cartons from Boxed Water together with paper cups. The airline follows...
Today's smartphone industry is responsible for a substantial carbon footprint, and the situation doesn't get any better with phones that are hard to repair and recycle. Also, some of the components, like, for example, cobalt, gold, and tungsten, might come...
Popcorn could be more than just a delicious snack. Scientists at Göttingen University, located in Germany, have found that boards insulated with popcorn had great thermal insulation and were good at protecting against fires. Protecting against fires is a very...
There are many different types of plastics and the proper procedure for recycling varies. It is therefore important that the plastic is sorted correctly before it is recycled. There are machines that can handle the sorting, but they are expensive and complicated. In...
Everybody knows we need trees because they breathe in CO2 emissions and breath out oxygen. However, since we can’t see how much the trees help us, it can sometimes be hard to comprehend how important they are and to truly appreciate them. In order to really...
Glitter is made out of microplastics and is very dangerous to the ocean plastic crisis, and in the long run to every ecosystem. With the holiday season approaching stores are filling up with decorations and cards drenched in glitter. Now, researchers have a solution...