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2 Dec 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25
In 1862, British chemist Alexander Parkes invented a revolutionary material he called Parkesine. This was something he did by dissolving cotton fibers in a cocktail of nitric and sulfuric acids mixed with a bit of vegetable oil. Parkesine wasn’t just...
23 Nov 2022 3 minute read 7 comments Artemis2
Plastics: The IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), in defining plastics as "organic polymeric materials that may contain other substances aimed at improving their properties or reducing costs", filled plastics are composed of th...
3 Jan 2022 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
School in 1912. alookthrughtime.com In every village marked with little spire,Embowered in trees, and hardly known to fame,There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire,A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. William Shenstone Many things have c...
13 Nov 2021 1 minute read 2 comments 0xgult
I recently came across an ocean cleanup project and I felt like they're doing some amazing work in the field. There maybe other ones out there doing excellent work, so if there are others, please let me know in the comments and I can do some research...
6 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Coinciding with World Environment Day, Kenyan authorities have banned all single-use plastics such as water bottles, disposable cutlery, plastic bags, and straws from national parks, beaches, forests, and protected regions. The new ban comes three ye...
28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PierreL
...literally! I love walking. Hiking. In the streets, mountains, forests, beaches, etc, if I can walk somewhere instead of driving, I will. But unfortunately, the more I walk the more I see human nature and despise human behaviour. I am of course tal...
10 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments CEDCryptoCoin
ReFork Brings a solution - not just a thought. REFORK's vision is to improve the planet's environmental situation by producing naturally degradable materials. Thanks to the production of non-natural products, they will help to significantly impr...
