Plastic
From plastic to lasting: A practical guide to the Zero-Waste Bathroom
From toothbrushes and shampoo bottles to reusable alternatives, these simple changes can help reduce household waste and create a more sustainable daily routine.
New study reveals: The solution to microplastics is hidden in fermented cabbage
Just five minutes in the microwave can unleash up to 534,000 micro- and nanoplastics into food
An end to bags and small bottles: Heathrow’s revolution
Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing
The Ben-Gurion team essentially embedded an on/off mechanism inside the plastic’s building blocks, eliminating the need for fragile or expensive catalyst systems.
The Dead Sea’s hidden plastic problem: A record of decades of waste - study
Plastic waste carried by flash floods has built up along the Dead Sea’s shrinking shore, creating natural rings that reveal decades of growing pollution.
How a tax opposed by Shas sparked climate backlash in the ultra-Orthodox community
A newly published Hebrew University of Jerusalem study found that the well-meaning environmental tax turned into a cultural flashpoint.
Scientists convert plastic waste into paracetamol using engineered E. coli
Professor Stephen Wallace: 'It is the first time a bacterium has converted a plastic bottle into paracetamol.'
Israel needs a strategy to cut plastics industry's carbon footprint - opinion
The carbon footprint of Israel’s plastics industry includes around 500 manufacturers and exports approximately $2.6 billion annually.
Scientists use air moisture to recycle PET plastics in eco-friendly breakthrough
Unlike traditional recycling, the Northwestern method is safer, cheaper, and more sustainable, eliminating the need for toxic solvents, excessive energy use, and waste byproducts.
Discarded today, fossilized tomorrow: The future legacy of fast fashion and plastics
Plastic bottles, T-shirts, and fast fashion items may become future fossils, as many are only partially recycled, leaving lasting traces of human existence.
Building a circular economy: What Israel can learn from the US West Coast - opinion
By combining cross-border expertise, research capabilities, and new technologies, companies can advance a bottom-up approach.
Your tea bags are releasing millions of nanoplastics into your body, scientists warn
Teabags Release Billions of Microplastics, Raising Alarming Health and Environmental Concerns, Study Finds.
Kenyan lesser mealworm larvae can digest polystyrene, study reveals
Researchers at icipe discover larvae of Alphitobius diaperinus degrade plastic with gut bacteria.
