Dunzhu Li, an environmental engineer, and his colleagues at Trinity College Dublin have made a worrying discovery: plastic food containers release large amounts of microplastics into hot water. This led Li to stop microwaving his lunch in plastic containers. The researchers also discovered that kettles and baby bottles also shed microplastics. In fact, if a […]
Composting and recycling are both methods of waste management but they are quite different in terms of what materials they are used for and how they are processed composting is a natural process that converts organic materials such as food scraps and yard waste into a rich nutrient dense soil amendment this process happens over […]
Grapefruit is a company that is at the forefront of this new and innovative approach to packaging. They specialize in creating compostable packaging made with mushrooms using mycelium as the main material. This material is a highly sustainable and biodegradable alternative to traditional plastics, which can take hundreds of years to decompose. Mycelium packaging, on […]
