Plastic
Lego sales rise as World Cup products draw new customers, despite Iran war raising cost of plastics
Lego's revenue was 41.9 billion Danish crowns ($6.54 billion), operating profit rose 22% to 10.9 billion Danish crowns, while net profit rose 32% to 8.6 billion Danish crowns.
From plastic to lasting: A practical guide to the Zero-Waste Bathroom
New study reveals: The solution to microplastics is hidden in fermented cabbage
Just five minutes in the microwave can unleash up to 534,000 micro- and nanoplastics into food
An end to bags and small bottles: Heathrow’s revolution
At Heathrow, a billion pounds were spent on new scanners, scrapping the 100 ml rule. Passengers can carry 2 L of liquids, keep laptops in bags, and 16 M plastic bags will be saved.
Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing
The Ben-Gurion team essentially embedded an on/off mechanism inside the plastic’s building blocks, eliminating the need for fragile or expensive catalyst systems.
The Dead Sea’s hidden plastic problem: A record of decades of waste - study
Plastic waste carried by flash floods has built up along the Dead Sea’s shrinking shore, creating natural rings that reveal decades of growing pollution.
How a tax opposed by Shas sparked climate backlash in the ultra-Orthodox community
A newly published Hebrew University of Jerusalem study found that the well-meaning environmental tax turned into a cultural flashpoint.
Scientists convert plastic waste into paracetamol using engineered E. coli
Professor Stephen Wallace: 'It is the first time a bacterium has converted a plastic bottle into paracetamol.'
Israel needs a strategy to cut plastics industry's carbon footprint - opinion
The carbon footprint of Israel’s plastics industry includes around 500 manufacturers and exports approximately $2.6 billion annually.
Scientists use air moisture to recycle PET plastics in eco-friendly breakthrough
Unlike traditional recycling, the Northwestern method is safer, cheaper, and more sustainable, eliminating the need for toxic solvents, excessive energy use, and waste byproducts.
Discarded today, fossilized tomorrow: The future legacy of fast fashion and plastics
Plastic bottles, T-shirts, and fast fashion items may become future fossils, as many are only partially recycled, leaving lasting traces of human existence.
Building a circular economy: What Israel can learn from the US West Coast - opinion
By combining cross-border expertise, research capabilities, and new technologies, companies can advance a bottom-up approach.
Your tea bags are releasing millions of nanoplastics into your body, scientists warn
Teabags Release Billions of Microplastics, Raising Alarming Health and Environmental Concerns, Study Finds.
