Good News Notes: “Most people would look at an old pair of chopsticks and see nothing but trash. At a push, maybe something their kid could use in a school art project. Felix Böck saw desks, tables, chopping blocks, even dominos – and the basis of a thriving business that shows the circular economy in…
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Health benefits of coconut flour
Good News Notes: “Nowadays, people are talking about coconut flour. Especially health-conscious people. Let me share with you some basic information about coconut flour. I got the information from ‘Coconut Philippines’, a 550-page full color reference guidebook (size 9” by 12” with 1,300 colored pictures and illustrations printed in Singapore) being marketed abroad and locally…
20 Creative Ways to Reuse and Recycle Plastic Bottles
Good News Notes: “50 million plastic bottles are thrown away each day in the United States. They work themselves into just about every aspect of our daily lives. The examples are plentiful, from water bottles to laundry detergent, to how we squeeze out our honey. You’ll likely spot one of the 50 million if you…
Scott Hamlin’s Looptworks is helping the NBA give old jerseys a new life
Good News Notes: “Scott Hamlin, a former University of Oregon pole vaulter and decathlete, once had Olympic dreams but a pulled hamstring before the 1992 Olympic Trials dashed those hopes. Today, he’s living his new dream working with some of the top companies in the world to take excess materials and produce sustainable products. Hamlin’s…
CuanTec leads project upcycling shellfish to tackle plastic pollution
Turning food waste into plastic-free packaging: International project upcycles shellfish to tackle plastic pollution 03-Jan-2020 By Katy Askew An international collaboration project, the Celtic Crustacean Collaboration, is working to develop a new plastic-free food packaging material from food waste. HTTPS://WWW.FOODNAVIGATOR.COM/ARTICLE/2020/01/03/CUANTEC-LEADS-PROJECT-UPCYCLING-SHELLFISH-TO-TACKLE-PLASTIC-POLLUTION
Upcycling polyethylene plastic waste into lubricant oils | EurekAlert! Science News
Good News Notes: “Plastics pervade almost every aspect of modern life, but once they have served their purpose, it’s tough to get rid of them. That’s because the polymers degrade very slowly in landfills or the environment, and recycling is inefficient.” “Now researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a catalyst that can transform…