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Turning to Tomatoes for Bioplastics
Tomatoes, are they fruit or vegetable? The long debate has constantly shocked people when they find out it is, in effect, not a veggie. But, could the red juicy fruits also be made into bioplastics? This is what José Alejandro…
New Biomaterial Plastic Bags Inspired By Eggs
According to research published on TheWorldCounts, plastic bags are used for an average of 12 minutes before they are discarded. In fact, we only reuse or recycle less than 3% of the plastic bags, even though we know well enough…
Underwear Made Using the Best Biodegradable Textiles
Generally speaking, we don’t give much thought to our underwear. If it's comfy, we’ll wear it until its dying days without ever looking at the materials it's made out of. But here’s a (not so) fun fact: only 2% of…
Small-scale Wastewater Treatment Could Be the Best Solution
According to the International Monetary fund (IMF), there are currently 152 countries that make up the developing world. Although water scarcity is an issue that will affect every nation worldwise, for the people in the developing world, water pollution is…
Spring: A Breath of Fresh Air in Tech
In every single household, there’s a forgotten drawer that no one dares to open. A drawer in the kitchen or at the bottom of a shelf in our room. A drawer that is the cemetery of electronic devices. If you…
Turning Trash into Treasure: a New Tech bringing Urban Mining Closer to Fruition
A team of researchers from Rice University in Houston, Texas have identified a novel application for a method originally created to produce graphene - extracting valuable metals from electronic waste. The electronic waste (or e-waste) industry poses a huge problem.…