MIT Scientists Create New Material That’s Stronger Than Steel But Light As Plastic | True Activist

By True Activist – March 7, 2022

Chemical engineers from MIT have created a new material using a new polymerization process, and it’s as light as plastic and stronger than steel. Moreover, it can also be easily manufactured in big quantities.

This new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, which is unlike other polymers, that normally form one-dimensional, spaghetti-like chains. Until this new type of polymer was created, scientists thought that it was impossible to induce polymers to create 2D sheets.

‘Manta’ Sailing Yacht Designed to Feed on Plastic Waste for Power–While Cleaning Oceans | Good News Network

Good News Network | By Andy Corbley – May 3, 2021

A professional yacht racer, annoyed by the constant sightings of floating mats of plastic garbage in the seawater, has created an ocean cleaning sailboat that is powered by the waste it collects.

Read more & video(4:00): “The Manta : A giant sailboat on the attack of oceanic plastic pollution*: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/yacht-the-manta-generates-power-by-melting-waste-it-gathers/

Company Is Using Plastic Bottles To Make Roads That Last 10x Longer Than Asphalt — Humans Are Free – January 21, 2020

Company Is Using Plastic Bottles To Make Roads That Last 10x Longer Than Asphalt

(Humans Are Free) A company in the United Kingdom that has found a clever way to recycle old plastic bottles and use them to improve the quality of the roads too! →

Ninety Percent of Sea Salt Contains Plastic — Wake Up World – November 3, 2018

November 3rd, 2018 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Research research shows 90 percent of sea salt sold worldwide contains plastic microparticles, leading researchers to believe most people consume nearly 2,000 particles a year in their sea salt. our body requires a specific sodium-to-potassium ratio to normalize your blood pressure that does not….Read more

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A Huge Crowd Funded Machine Is About To Start Cleaning Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Video) — April 24, 2018

In the Pacific ocean North East of Hawaii, exists a giant whirlpool of debris accumulated by the ocean currents, which is now scientifically referred to as the North Pacific Gyre. It’s one of the largest ecosystems on Earth, comprising millions of square kilometres. Today it’s better known as “The Great Garbage Patch,” an area the…Read more & short video – “Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean, Unbelievable!”

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BPA Hormone Disruptor Found in 86% of Teenagers’ Digestive Tracts — February 24, 2018

A recent University of Exeter study has discovered that nearly all teenagers tested are holding bisphenol-A (BPA) in their intestinal lining. The chemical that makes plastics stronger and more flexible was found in higher amounts in teenagers than in the general public, causing major concern since the hormone disrupting toxicant can affect the reproductive system.…Read more

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(Video) This Woman Built A House From Milk Boxes — January 28, 2018

There is no doubt about it, humans have produced an astronomical amount of trash. In fact, the average American consumes about 4.4 pounds of trash every single day and America alone sent 254 million tons of trash to the landfill in 2013. Where does it all go? Thankfully, there are certain efforts in place that…Read more & video

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The Contraption That Will Clean Up The World’s Oceans Set To Deploy 2018 (Video) — December 29, 2017

Back in 2013, we reported on the story of 19-year-old Boyan Slat, who had developed a device with the capacity to remove 7,250,000 tonnes of plastic and garbage from the world’s oceans in just five years. Originally set to deploy in 2016, the device still had numerous rounds of testing to complete, but testing is finally done,…Read more & short video

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Chemists Find A Way To Quickly Remove BPA From Water — October 8, 2017

You may recognize the term BPA, as “BPA-free” labels can be found all over water bottles nowadays, and that’s because when consumers found out about the hazardous risks associated with this chemical, they started to protest its inclusion in plastics. BPA can be found in practically anything that’s plastic, from food containers to water bottles to….Read more

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Coca-Cola Produced 1 Billion More Plastic Bottles Last Year, Says Greenpeace — October 3, 2017

Credit: Organic and Healthy Though no one company is to blame for a number of plastic bottles piling up in landfills, Coca-Cola certainly holds a fair share of the responsibility. According to a new analysis by Greenpeace, the world’s biggest soft drinks company increased its production of single-use PET bottles from 2015-2015 by more than…Read more

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