plastic pollution
TEHRAN (ANA)- A new technique developed by Virginia Tech scientists could one day help turn plastic waste into valuable raw materials.
News ID: 4642 Publish Date : 2023/12/31
TEHRAN (ANA)- A research by Michigan State University shows that sodium chloride could provide a safe, inexpensive and reusable way to make plastics more recyclable.
News ID: 3850 Publish Date : 2023/10/13
TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study by the University of Milano-Bicocca has revealed that the concentration of plastic in lakes and reservoirs is higher than those found in so-called ‘garbage patches’ of the ocean.
News ID: 3478 Publish Date : 2023/09/03
TEHRAN (ANA)- A new material design developed by researchers at Duke University could reduce pollution where the rubber meets the road.
News ID: 3224 Publish Date : 2023/08/05
TEHRAN (ANA)- A team led by researchers at the University of Washington have developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timescale as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin.
News ID: 3217 Publish Date : 2023/08/03
TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from the University of Cambridge have demonstrated how captured carbon dioxide and plastic waste can be converted into sustainable fuels.
News ID: 3059 Publish Date : 2023/07/17
TEHRAN (ANA)- At least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year which means plastic debris is currently the most abundant type of litter in the ocean, making up 80% of all marine debris found from surface waters to deep-sea sediments.
News ID: 2777 Publish Date : 2023/06/14
TEHRAN (ANA)- Geovation and the UK Hydrographic Office have launched a challenge to establish a sustainable method to diffuse coastal pollution.
News ID: 2339 Publish Date : 2023/05/06
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Iranian Research Institute of Food Science and Technology in cooperation with the private sector has developed biodegradable compostable plastic containers using biopolymers.
News ID: 2106 Publish Date : 2023/04/13
TEHRAN (ANA)- An Iranian knowledge-based firm has introduced new packaging method for foodstuffs which is safe and environmentally friendly and keeps the food item fresh for longer time.
News ID: 1803 Publish Date : 2023/03/31
TEHRAN (ANA)- A team of researchers from Sahand University of Technology and Urmia University of Technology designed and made a suitable absorption substrate for the polluted effluents of textile, printing and paper factories by using boehmite produced from nepheline syenite extracted from mines in Northwestern Iran.
News ID: 1732 Publish Date : 2023/03/23
TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University succeeded in synthesizing fumaric acid, a raw material for plastics, from CO2 powered by solar energy.
News ID: 1524 Publish Date : 2023/02/04
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Institute for the Ocean and Fisheries at UBC, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists analyzed tissue samples from six Southern resident killer whales and six Bigg's whales stranded along the coast of B.C. from 2006 to 2018, according to a recent study.
News ID: 1394 Publish Date : 2023/01/21
TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (ICOUP) developed a new method for recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
News ID: 1267 Publish Date : 2023/01/08
TEHRAN (ANA)- An Iranian knowledge-based company has developed a device to clean many surfaces in industrial small or large spaces as well as surfaces in homes.
News ID: 1092 Publish Date : 2022/12/16
TEHRAN (ANA)- Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, a research by California State University estimated, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world's largest animal than previously thought.
News ID: 615 Publish Date : 2022/11/07
TEHRAN (ANA)- An Iranian inventor produced a special biodegradable eco-friendly composite film which decreases the use of petroleum resources.
News ID: 364 Publish Date : 2022/10/13
TEHRAN (ANA)- Seeking solutions to counteract a rapid rise in plastic trash, scientists have developed biodegradable material that is designed to replace conventionally used plastic, University of California - San Diego confirmed.
News ID: 220 Publish Date : 2022/09/23
