Tag: plastic
‘Ripples of Plastic’ Documentary, an examination of Lake Erie’s plastic pollution problem, comes to the Capitol
A film set to debut in Cleveland might be the first of its kind to provide a hyperlocal focus on the unseen impacts of the plastic materials that are floating […]
Decarbonization Requires Robust Decision Making Frameworks
An accidental advantage I have with my somewhat ADHD career and interests is that I’ve established patterns and filters for how I view the world that have been tested in multiple domains, often to destruction. I’ve published on the set a few times, but it’s worth returning to them. Looking … [continued]
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Pathologist details extensive injuries to victim’s neck at manslaughter trial
So much pressure was applied to Elzbieta Cabala’s neck that there were fractures to the back of her larynx. In all, there were more than 55 injuries found on the 59-year-old mother’s neck during the autopsy after her death in her Wilkins Street townhouse on July 7, 2021. The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy […]
Could plastic-eating bacteria be a solution to microplastic pollution?
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are using “bacterial sex” to program bacteria found in wastewater plants to break down microplastics.
Essays by Karen Anderson: Blue Star
I saw a string of tiny blue stars lying in the street. I picked them up, but they were just cheap plastic, broken and filthy.
Breaking Fossil Domination in Plastics: CleanTech Talk Interview with Lignin Industries CEO Fredrik Malmfors
I really enjoyed sitting down with Fredrik Malmfors, CEO of Lignin Industries, to talk about how his company and its patented technology are taking on fossil based plastics, leveraging good old fashioned horse sense, supply chains, waste materials, and … carbon sequestration technologies? As it turns out, Sweden-based Lignin Industries … [continued]
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