War on plastic
The BBC's new series 'The War on Plastic" aired last night highlighting the UK's total shame with regards to plastic re-cycling. While as UK citizens we supposedly do our bit by separating out our plastic for ...
Grrr it’s a WasteShark
After quite a bit of testing, down in South Africa and UAE the aptly named WasteShark has made its maiden commercial appearance in the UK. The WasteShark (a type of marine Drone) hoovers up plastics and other ...
IBM: VolCat
IBM researchers have come up with a way to chemically separate plastic molecules. VolCat creates a residue that can be re-used to create plastic products.
The Big Blue claims that its Volatile Catalyst (Vol...
Getting in the ‘Loop’ with TerraCycle
New York and Paris get a first taster of what could be a new way to buy products and re-use the packaging it comes in. Loop by TerraCycle aims to err close the loop on the circular recycling economy. The initi...
More Incinerators for the UK
On the day that the UK government announced that it is looking to impose restrictions on wood burning stoves and scented candles in a bid to reduce toxic air, it appears that there are plans to double the amou...
Like a virgin – BioCellection
Ok, with so much plastic around which is non recyclable (about 91% of all plastic produced is either too contaminated or difficult to recycle) and with about 300 million tons of plastic produced every yea...
Circularity 19
June 19-20 2019 - Minneapolis, USA
Circularity 19
Circularity 19 will bring together more than 500 thought leaders and practitioners to define and accelerate the circular economy.
Through inspirat...
Introducing: Plastic Generation
Welcome to Plastic Generation, a news site highlighting the damage caused to our world by plastic and importantly, the steps being undertaken by some to change things.
We started this site out of pure guilt...