ByChristy RomerOctober 13, 2020 Ocean Cleanup Prodigy Boyan Slat Turns Attention to Polluted Rivers In 2012, when he was just 18, Dutch inventor Boyan Slat had a brainwave: Why not use autonomous…
ByChristy RomerSeptember 18, 2020 This Washing Machine Accessory Is Proven To Stop Microplastic Pollution A study by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre recently found that there are up to 21 million tonnes…
ByReve FisherAugust 3, 2020 The Women Working to Save One of Cape Town’s Most Polluted Rivers Santie Gouws and Ursula van Eck have a vision—to see rivers and oceans free of plastic pollution. Although…
ByChristy RomerJuly 10, 2020 DiFOLD: Bulgarian Startup Ready To Bring Reusable Origami Bottles to the Masses Two Bulgarian innovators are proposing a new solution to the plastic pollution crisis: an ultra-sturdy reusable bottle, inspired…
ByReve FisherJuly 7, 2020 The Biodegradable, Edible Straws Replacing Single-Use Plastic Over half of the plastic used in the world is only used once, according to PlasticOceans.org. In the…
ByChristy RomerMay 4, 2020 Surfers Against Sewage Launch #GenerationSea Campaign To Protect Oceans With human activity at an all-time low during the global lockdown, nature has had an unprecedented opportunity to…
ByReve FisherApril 1, 2020 Nohbo, the Sustainable Company Taking Plastic Out of Your Bathroom According to a 2018 National Geographic article, over 6.3 billion of the 6.9 billion tonnes of plastic waste…
ByChristy RomerMarch 2, 2020 This Art Project In Egypt Teaches Kids to Make Music Out Of Recycled Waste On a sunny day in Luxor, Egypt, a group of kids aged 12 to 16 years old rolled…
ByChristy RomerNovember 29, 2019 Full Windsor Has a Magnetic Solution to Disposable Plastic Cutlery Full Windsor is pioneering a new eco-movement to tackle our spiralling plastic waste problem: Bring Your Own Cutlery.…
ByChristy RomerNovember 25, 2019 Unocup: Design-Driven Coffee Cups Free From Plastic Lids We know there’s too much plastic waste in the world. But, for a population addicted to single-use plastics,…