Discover science
Creating plastic can decay in seawater
Scientists have developed and created a plastic that is capable of decaying in seawater, which will help reduce the increasingly serious pollution of plastics in the oce…
Plastic Waste
Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Plastic Waste.
Topic archive
Articles about Plastic Waste
150 published items.
Discover science
7 reasons why you want to stop using the straw immediately
It is forecasted that by 2050, marine fish species will be invaded by plastic waste, including the straws you are using every day.
Discover science
The first unique plastic bottle village in the world
Robert Bezeau, Canadian, developed this project after moving to the Bocas Islands a few years ago.
Oceanography
The sperm whale in Indonesia has 1,000 pieces of plastic in the abdomen
A sperm whale drifted into the Sulawesi coast, in the stomach with flip flops, bottles, bags, 115 plastic cups and 1,000 plastic pieces.
Oceanography
Whales on the Thai coast died of swallowing many nylon bags
The whale was found washed up on the Thai coast earlier this week in a state of poor intolerance.
Oceanography
Spill on marine fish contaminated with toxic plastic
Worryingly, this dangerous situation can affect animals and even humans who eat poisoned fish.
Oceanography
Tragedy: Whales are eating hundreds and thousands of plastic trash every day
Perhaps many people already know, one of the most pressing environmental problems that people need to solve is the huge amount of waste that is released to the ocean eve…
Oceanography
Discovered in the abdomen the 'living thing' in the deepest part of Earth
Recently, scientists from Newcastle University (UK) have discovered extremely surprisingly about marine life living on the deepest ocean on Earth (up to now).
Oceanography
Plastic garbage can cause sea turtles to become extinct
Sea turtles are at risk of extinction because they eat plastic bags that they mistakenly think are jellyfish.
Oceanography
Plastic waste is poisoning the ocean
Oceanographer David Gallo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as he boarded his ship anchored in the area where the Titanic was resting, saw evidence of a much…
Biology
Mushrooms - the only species that protects the earth from harmful solid waste
This finding has great potential, because in the past 70 years, we have produced and discharged a lot of plastic into the environment.
Biology
Evolutionary bacteria can eat plastic to contaminate the ocean
Ocean pollution is growing to an amazingly high level, and residents living in the sea are at risk of extinction because of human waste.
Biology
China discovered a fungus capable of
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have recently identified a possible fungus
Biology
Discover a new type of bacteria
A whole new strain of bacteria with plastic resolution ability has been discovered by 2 female students from Canada, promising to create these
Biology
Detection of bacteria capable of biodegradable plastic
A group of researchers at the Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan) has discovered a new bacterium that is capable of producing a very effective plastic destruction enzy…