Engineers are looking for a material that runs rings around unsustainable plastics
Ring polymers have potential as sustainable materials that disintegrate on demand. In order to put them to use, engineers are ...
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6 ways engineers are fighting back against the global plastic waste problem
Harmful to humans and animals alike, the growing amount of plastic in the world’s oceans is an unfolding disaster. Fortunately, ...
This ‘rubbish bin for the ocean’ sucks in plastic waste and cleans waterways
More than 13 million tonnes of plastic enter Australia's waterways every year. Meet Seabin, a device designed to collect plastic ...
Meet one engineer transforming plastic waste into the filament of the future
Perth-based mechanical engineer Darren Lomman is working to stop plastic waste ending up in our oceans by converting it into ...
New water treatment method traps BPA particles like a Venus flytrap
Engineers have pioneered an innovative water treatment method that captures and breaks down BPA, commonly found in plastic containers.
New at-home recycling unit wants to make it easy to reuse plastics
At-home recycling plants might soon be available thanks to a new project developed by a group of Monash University students.
Cleaner clothes lead to more microplastics in the food chain, research finds
According to recent studies, billions of synthetic microfibres are making their way out of laundries and into the sea in ...
Senate eyes ban on single-use plastics to solve looming recycling crisis
China’s ban on recyclable rubbish imports is threatening Australia’s kerbside recycling program. In response, a Senate inquiry has recommended banning ...
Living sea walls give marine life something to hold onto
Australian researchers are developing living seawalls and artificial reefs to support native marine life as rapidly growing coastal populations expand ...
New concrete recipe doubles as a way to recycle medical waste
A cross-discipline collaboration between engineering and medicine could simultaneously reduce medical waste and improve the durability of concrete.
