Plastic

Like climate change, plastic pollution is global, but local impacts need to be studied in each country individually. Photo: pixabay

Microplastics: A Global Crisis

Plastic pollution is a serious global problem. This is a wake-up call to take it seriously and conduct a systematic mapping of the pollution in Israel. Opinion
Astronauts walk on Mars soil. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The science of survival on Mars: What really protects astronauts from radiation

  • No comments
Effective radiation shielding materials such as plastics, rubber, synthetic fibers and Martian soil have been identified as protecting astronauts on Mars, increasing the viability of long-duration missions and future settlement plans
fertilizer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Develops catalysts for clean energy production

Dr. Ariel Friedman, develops solutions in the field of electrochemistry that will lead to green and cheap energy
The enzymes of the start-up company break down the polyethylene terephthalate plastic into its monomers: terephthalic acid as well as ethylene glycol, which themselves can be used directly in existing plants to re-produce the polymer

Plastic recycling with the help of enzymes

  • No comments
The French biotech start-up company called 'Carbios' succeeded in developing an enzymatic process to recycle the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (Polyethylene terephthalate) back to its component monomers, from which the finished polymer can be produced again
"Garbage colonialism" is a term that describes the dumping of polluting materials by richer countries, in poorer countries. Photo by OCG Saving The Ocean on Unsplash

The end of the dirty move: Europe is changing its recycling laws

the grass is always greener on the other side? Only if we keep it this way: for many years rich countries have been "throwing" their garbage in the "yard" of other, poorer countries; But recently the European Union took
Instead of throwing our sins into the water, my disciples decided to remove human sins from the sea. From the "Toss Upside Down" activity, photo: Tiffany Duong

The opposite is true

A pirated waste site in Ethiopia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Freeing Africa from plastic

  • No comments
24 out of 54 African countries have implemented laws to prevent the use of plastic bags. There are also measures to prevent the transportation of garbage in containers from Europe to African countries, a phenomenon known as "garbage colonialism" * The masks also add
plastic waste. Illustration: depositphotos.com

An innovative material inspired by spider webs to solve the problem of plastic pollution

  • 3 תגובות
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have found a method for making biodegradable plastic from plant proteins common in nature that are a renewable material. Inspired by spider webs, the innovative plastic material behaves similarly to other types of plastic, and can

There is hot plastic in my food

So far, scientific reports have been published that plastic parts that reach the natural environment cause the death of many animals, especially seabirds, turtles and marine mammals). Now it turns out that they also have health damage
The findings of the research findings are presented graphically and tangibly on a website dedicated to the public, created by the scientists in collaboration with the designer Itay Reva. To the website To the website Illustration: Itai Ravehkar are presented graphically and tangibly on a dedicated site open to the public created by the scientists in collaboration with the designer Ai Raveh. Click on the image to go to the website. Illustration: Itai Rava

The globe of concrete

During 2020, human products exceeded the mass of all life in our world. ​The mass of buildings, cars and bottles doubles every 20 years - and the curve is about to flatten
From the right, Dr. Irit Nitzan, Shahar Sasson, Nimrod Sharga, Ariel Segal_Photo by Assaf Levy

A future without plastic in the beauty industry

  • No comments

A clean and convenient method for oxidizing plastic surfaces

  • No comments
Plastic waste on the beach. Photo: from PIXABAY.COM

drinking plastic

  • 2 תגובות
A display illustrating the danger to animals in the sea as a result of the plastic waste that fills the sea, at the Natural History Museum of Berlin. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

It is also possible without a disposable

  • 3 תגובות
Wilson facility - for waste collection in "Plastic Island". PR photo

Clean the plastic from the sea - take 2

  • 6 תגובות
Plastic waste will be preserved long enough to become a permanent part of the earth's crust. Source: Dying Regime.

The European Union has outlawed single-use plastic products

  • 7 תגובות
A sea turtle swallows a plastic bag. Image: from PIXABAY.COM

Algae grown in salt water will save the world from the plastic epidemic

  • One response
Plastic waste on top of a sea cucumber. The coral reef in Eilat. Photo: Guillermo Ben-Naim Anderson.

Plastic infections have been found in marine animals all along Israel's coasts in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

  • 2 תגובות
Collection of plastic waste as part of the project. Photo: breakfreefromplastic

Who are the ten companies that pollute the sea with plastic?

  • 10 תגובות
A plastic bag at sea. Source: Ben Mierement, NOAA NOS (ret.

Something small and bad

  • 2 תגובות
Dong caterpillars, like the one in the picture, are able to gnaw and break down plastic. Image: Federica Bertocchini, Paolo Bombelli, and Chris Howe.

Can caterpillars that eat plastic save the world?

  • 3 תגובות
Construction Site. Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel, unsplash.

What happens when concrete and plastic meet?

  • No comments
All that plastic we all consume doesn't just disappear once we don't use it anymore. Illustration: pixabay.

The guide to detoxing from plastic

  • One response
Illustration: pixabay.

The next generation of plastic

  • One response
Illustration. The relative amount of bags on the beaches dropped to 12 percent. Source: pixabay.

Beach of the bags

  • 3 תגובות
4 billion disposable coffee cups find their way into the trash every year. Source: pixabay.

The real price of a cup of coffee

  • 13 תגובות
garment. Image: PIXABAY.COM

The clothing that cools the wearer

  • 7 תגובות
A graphic illustration depicting how sugar and carbon dioxide are converted into plastic. Courtesy of Georgina Gregory.

Plastic produced from sugar and carbon dioxide

  • 7 תגובות
wax worm. Source: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab.

Will the wax worms lead to an ecological solution that the world is waiting for?

  • 5 תגובות
Ito's home pyrolysis machine can turn our plastic waste into liquid fuel and thus reduce our dependence on external energy sources. Source: pixabay.

Make plastic fuel at home

  • 3 תגובות
The blocks of concrete in New York City will also be preserved and affect the geology of the earth. Photo: Chris Chabot.

Questions for the future of humanity: What geological imprint will we leave behind?

  • 3 תגובות
Source: pixabay.com.

Fuel tank filled with plastic

  • 2 תגובות
A woman uses a polyurethane gun to repair a wall. Illustration: shutterstock

Vegetable oils for making bioplastics

  • No comments
Moshe Abgi from the campaign to stop the use of disposable bags, 2014

where is the plastic

  • 2 תגובות
Plastic joint bacterium. Photo: Beihang University, China

A bacterium from the guts of moth larvae to break down plastic

  • 5 תגובות
Turning rice waste into bioplastic. Illustration: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

The plastic products we use can be produced from food waste instead of oil

  • No comments
Cows graze in an illegal landfill in India. Photo: shutterstock

eat plastic

  • 3 תגובות
Microscopic plastic, photography using a microscope

The microscopic plastic: a danger to the beaches and to life, especially in the sea

  • 15 תגובות
Delilah Leitner. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

About a third of plastic products tested emitted toxic substances

  • 7 תגובות
Seaweed off the coast of Florida. Photo: from Wikipedia

Seaweed in extinction

  • One response
The shredded recycled plastic, before being processed and turned into ink cartridges. Photo: HP

HP's printing and imaging division's 'Earth Partners' program in Israel and around the world created over a billion products from recycled bottles

  • One response
A propeller into which the yellow coloring matter was injected using the new technology. Photo: Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Carbon dioxide as a filler for plastic

  • 2 תגובות
John Shanklin, US Department of Energy

Raw materials for plastic from transgenic plants

  • One response
Shaul and Rene Gessner

Plastic

  • No comments
Rain forests in Tana - Ecuador

Environmental updates

  • 8 תגובות
Garbage on a beach in Hawaii. From Wikipedia

Are you a neighbor?

  • 7 תגובות

Car fuel from thin air

  • 27 תגובות
Plastic products are safe. Photo: American Chemical Society

Plastic products are safer

  • No comments
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Plastic from plants instead of oil

  • 5 תגובות
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Caution - drinking from plastic bottles can cause sexual disturbances

  • 7 תגובות