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In 2001, India started building roads that are held together using polymer glues made from shredded plastic wastes. These plastic roads have developed no potholes and cracks after years of use, and they are cheaper to build. As of 2016, there are more than 21,000 miles of plastic roads.
Scientists predict that plastic in the ocean will eventually outweigh the fish there. Where is it all coming from? And is it making our food unsafe? Researchers are trying to find the answers.
Really terrible. And the problem will only worsen bc there’s so much plastic in the ocean, and much of it hasn’t degraded yet. When it does, it’ll be easier for it to get caught up in the food chain, basically poisoning everything.
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On the plus side, The Ocean Cleanup Project is testing it’s next phase prototype now. With any luck, they’ll start making a dent in that problem in the next few years.
But what we really need is more research and regulation. Good thing our current commander in chief recognizes the importance of this… *facepalm*
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The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis
Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles – by accident. The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling of bottles.
The new research was spurred by the discovery in 2016 of the first bacterium that had naturally evolved to eat plastic, at a waste dump in Japan. Scientists have now revealed the detailed structure of the crucial enzyme produced by the bug.
The international team then tweaked the enzyme to see how it had evolved, but tests showed they had inadvertently made the molecule even better at breaking down the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic used for soft drink bottles. “What actually turned out was we improved the enzyme, which was a bit of a shock,” said Prof John McGeehan, at the University of Portsmouth, UK, who led the research. “It’s great and a real finding.”
The mutant enzyme takes a few days to start breaking down the plastic – far faster than the centuries it takes in the oceans. But the researchers are optimistic this can be speeded up even further and become a viable large-scale process.
(via Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles | The Guardian)
This hermit crab has resorted to using a toothpaste lid to protect its body. This image, uploaded by Reddit user HScmidt, after his girlfriend spotted the tiny crab roaming a beach in Cuba
Major study also finds huge changes to farming are needed to avoid destroying Earth’s ability to feed its population
Not enough people associate their eating habits with climate change. The more ya know!
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A winter storm in Lebanon has resurfaced a longstanding national problem, in the form of a swirling sea of garbage.
Waste is one of those curious features of the urban environment that we love to think about on Urban Omnibus. It is an oxymoronic element of city life: ubiquitous almost to the point of vanishing. Those mountains of trash bags lining our curbs are a facet of experiencing a street that New Yorkers are most …
Source: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/environment/os-ap-effects-of-gulf-oil-spill-bp-penalty-trial-20150121-story.html
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Case Study: Clean-Water Farms Farmers concerned about erosion, pesticides, fertilizers, and livestock waste (impact on environment). Started clean water project. Convert some crops to grass to lessen erosion. Rotate animals in areas of land to reduce concentrated wastes and overgrazing. Benefits farms and environment.
