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In fact, according to the EPA, barely 14 percent of plastic products are recycled globally. But a new generation of recycling technology is here to keep the world's plastics in circulation and out ...
Organizers hoped to "creatively raise awareness about plastic debris and pollution in the ocean," specifically the Great Pacific Garbage Patch trapped in the North Pacific Gyre, by sailing 2,600 miles across the Pacific Ocean on a 30-foot (9.1 m) raft made from an old Cessna 310 aircraft fuselage and six pontoons filled with 15,000 old plastic ...
The robot was made at home using waste materials, [21] as well as aluminum, plastic, cardboard, wood, newspapers, and other items readily available in the local market. [22] No 3D-printed components are used, and the cost is low, around ₹ 50,000 (approximately $675 or €572). [23]
EcoBot or Eco-Bot is short for ecological robot, and it refers to a class of robots that can remain self-sustainable by collecting their energy from material, mostly waste matter, in the environment. The only by-product from this process is carbon dioxide , which would have been produced from the natural biodegradation of the fuel regardless.
Lego has abandoned plans to make its famous bricks from recycled plastic bottles, saying that the manufacturing process would be more polluting than the current production of oil-based bricks.
Precious Plastic is an open hardware plastic recycling project and is a type of open source digital commons project. [12] It relies on a series of machines and tools which grind, melt, and inject recycled plastic, allowing for the creation of new products out of recycled plastic on a small scale. [13]
This re-usable carrier bag has been made from recycled plastic bottles. It is an example of open-loop recycling In open-loop recycling, also known as secondary recycling, or downcycling , the quality of the plastic is reduced each time it is recycled, so that the material eventually becomes unrecyclable.
He worked on the robot for 5 years. The first version of the robot was introduced to the world in 2016. [4] The robot is made at home using waste materials as well as aluminum, plastic, cardboard, wood, newspapers, and other things readily available in the local market. [5] No 3D-printed components are used and the cost is low. [6]