South Korea reduces use of disposable plastic
Accordingly, parks along the Korean River in Seoul will ban food contained in single-use plastic boxes starting this year for the park area on Jamsu Bridge
Malaysia sets a goal to stop using plastic bags by 2025
Malaysia's government has set a goal of banning the use of plastic bags in retail business across the country by 2025.
Reducing microplastic pollution and global challenges
Nowadays, microplastics are everywhere, from the Fansipan summit to the sediment of the Mekong River
Alert for plastic waste pollution
We are abusing plastic products, leaving behind consequences, hazards to the environment and future generations.
Instructor creates bioplastic from sludge
A team of scientists from Saigon University isolated two strains of microorganisms present in the sludge of paper mills to create bioplastics.
World Environment Day June 5, 2023, the world faces plastic pollution
On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the world to take action to reduce plastic waste.
The 7 most commonly used plastics today
Plastic is found all around our lives such as bottles, cups, spoons, straws, food containers... but do you understand the meaning of each symbol underneath each plastic bottle?
MEXICO certificated bioplastic from avocado seeds
The idea of Munguia (student of Universidad Tecnológico de Monterrey) came from a paper, which mentioned the production of chemicals from nuts.
Harm of plastic waste to the environment
Plastic waste is very difficult to decompose in the natural environment. Each type of plastic has a different number of years of decomposition with a very long time, hundreds of years, sometimes up to thousands of years.
5 benefits of plastic for the environment
In discussions about environmental problems, the topic of plastic is usually one of the first things to come up. It's true that plastic waste is a major problem plaguing landfills and oceans the world over.