Technology Archives - Plastic Generation

100 Rubbish Barriers to Be Installed in Bali Rivers to Reduce Plastic Pollution

January 24, 2020

In recent years, Bali has been called the trash island in the world after a British diver recorded himself in one of the island's most iconic dive spots fully surrounded in plastics. In December 2017, the Bali...

Coca-Cola transforms ocean plastic into new bottles

Sarah Bedwell

October 8, 2019

Next Generation, Ocean, Packaging, Tech

Coca-Cola has recently announced that it is producing new bottles from ocean plastic thanks to new breakthrough technology. The new technology can transform low-quality plastic into high-quality food-grade pac...

British technology ready to solve UK/Malaysia plastic waste crisis

Sarah Bedwell

October 7, 2019

Business, Next Generation, Tech

A newly commercial British technology which converts waste plastic into clean energy is ready to solve the problem of waste plastic from the UK ending up in vast mounds in Malaysia. This crisis has been graphi...

23 Year Old Invents Award-Winning Plastic Alternative

Juan Askew

October 7, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Tech, Wildlife

Lucy Hughes, a 23-year-old designer born in Twickenham, London, and graduate from the University of Sussex, has just won the James Dyson Award — a prize given to young inventors for a spectacular, sustainable,...

Solar power and circular software eliminate plastic waste from one fashion brands supply chain.

Sarah Bedwell

September 27, 2019

Business, Next Generation, Tech

Isle of Wight fashion brand creates a software platform, factory and rebrands to tackle plastic pollution in its own way. In 2008, fashion brand Rapanui launched on the Isle of Wight. Two brothers be...

A Rubbish Bin In The Ocean? Meet Seabin

Juan Askew

January 16, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Packaging, Tech

A very pertinent question. If we have rubbish bins on terra firma to help us collect our waste, why can't we have them in our Oceans? This was the idea behind the Seabin project. Andrew Turton and Pete Cegl...

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