San Diego’s first beach toy borrow box tackles plastic waste

Sand toys left behind on the beach can be swept into the ocean by rising tides. Once in the water, plastic toys break down ...
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Student-designed machine proposes innovative solution to growing waste crisis — here's how it works

More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made ...
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Ecologists launch plastic nest box innovation to bridge tree hollow shortage for gliding possums

For decades nesting boxes have provided sanctuary for threatened Australian wildlife. Now two regional New South Wales ecologists are behind the manufacture of a new plastic design they believe could ...
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Innovative company creates next-gen building material from surprising source: 'Lightweight, strong, flexible'

People build walls out of stone, wood, brick, metal, and everything in between. Could plastic join that list? Todd Wynward, co-founder of the Repurposing Plastic Project, certainly thinks so. With the ...