Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals, find researchers

Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals into the water stream when put through dishwasher cycles, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found.    Professor Jan Christensen and fellow researcher Selina Tisler detected more than 400 different substances from the bottle plastic and over 3,500 substances derived from dishwasher soap in a […]

The lotus effect: Researchers develop self-cleaning bioplastic to repel climate change

Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic based on the biological structure of lotus leaves, which they say can prevent product waste and aid recycling processes in food and beauty markets.  Mehran Ghasemlou, the lead author of the study, tells PackagingInsights the invention was inspired by the “notoriously water-repellent lotus leaf,” […]

Noticing Notpla? Seaweed pack pioneer disrupts conventional plastics with product expansions

Chemical pollution has passed the threshold of a stable environment for the first time in 10,000 years, according to new research by the American Chemical Society.