New catalyst could make mixed plastic waste recyclable in one chemical step

Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

Fibreglass: How this emerging contaminant is polluting our coasts

Fibreglass is denser than seawater, and it sinks quickly and accumulates in sediments where many coastal organisms live and ...

Study Shows Inconsistency in Microfiber Pollution Awareness and Efforts to Tackle the Issue

Microfiber pollution management is moving from an exploratory phase to a more structured stage, but it still has a long way ...

Machine learning to predict how fast biodegradable plastics break down in nature

Testing how quickly a biodegradable plastic actually breaks down in the environment can take months, sometimes years, of lab ...

A Pilot Project for Fashion Made in America—But With AI and Robotics

A strategic partnership aims to show how AI and robotics can help companies make clothes in the United States, piloting a ...

This race car is made from plant fibers, volcanoes, … and seawater?

There’s a lot of magnesium [alloy] in that era of race car, and the way magnesium is generally processed and turned into ...
Packaging World

P&G Applies Cleaning Know-How to Recycling Innovation

Discover how Procter & Gamble applies its cleaning expertise to develop advanced recycling technologies like LAZRmark, ...

Each American flag starts with thread. Here’s how they’re made.

At Valley Forge Flag Co., outside Charleston, S.C. — one of a handful of large-scale American flag manufacturers — workers ...

Where are America’s flags actually made? Inside the massive South Florida operation you might not know exists

As the nation’s 250th anniversary approaches, let’s celebrate American flags: They are still mostly made in the United States ...
Android Police

I reviewed the Fitbit Air, and it (almost) completely won me over

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. Andy has reviewed hundreds of smartphones and tablets, ...
Ars Technica

The Fitbit Air is a good wearable weighed down by a chatty AI “coach”

Smartwatches can track your health stats, but they also do a lot of other things you might not always want or need. The $100 Fitbit Air tracker ditches the screens that have become common on people’s ...