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Scotland will become the first UK country to ban the manufacture and sale of plastic cotton swabs
The Plaid Zebra January 11, 2018

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  In an environmentally-friendly move by Scotland’s Government, the country is looking to ban, both the manufacture and sale of, plastic-stemmed cotton swabs. The move would ma…

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Move towards environmental sustainability with these 10 inventions
The Plaid Zebra May 1, 2017

The concept of environmental sustainability isn’t new. With the risk of sounding like a broken record, for the benefit of those who are unaware, sustainability simply using resources available to our …

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New packaging made from milk is edible, biodegradable and reduces food spoilage
The Plaid Zebra September 6, 2016

The environment is becoming an increasing concern worldwide, as the amount of waste each year grows. In 2009, each Canadian was said to produce around 777 kg. of waste, leaving the environment in much…

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Henry Ford built a plastic car
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Henry Ford built a plastic car in 1941 that was stronger than steel (VIDEO)
The Plaid Zebra July 22, 2016

(Source: © John Lloyd/Flickr/Licence) With electric cars just beginning to become practical, one has to imagine where we’d be if we had started thinking greener with our automobiles over 70 years ago.…

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1_House made of plastic bottles
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Bulletproof, fireproof, environmentally friendly homes are being made from plastic bottles
The Plaid Zebra July 10, 2015

BY: JESSICA BEUKER The streets of downtown Toronto are vibrant and busy at all times of the day. During the day business women rapidly click their heels and talk a mile a minute into their cellphones.…

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1_Island-Made-of-Plastic
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This man built a floating solar-powered fortress made out of 150,000 recycled water bottles
The Plaid Zebra June 5, 2015

BY: MATTHEW CHIN Off the cost of Isla Mujeres Bay in Cancun, Mexico, environmentalist and architect Richart Sowa lives comfortably on his island made of over 150,000 recycled water bottles. Sowa first…

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Graphene is a newly-discovered material that could replace plastic, steel, rubber and medicine.
The Plaid Zebra December 31, 2014

BY: TJ MOREY With the advent of humans and the decline of humanity, we seem to have become our own Nostradamus—prophesying the doom of this planet we call home. Luckily, there are still individuals op…

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At 20, Boyan Slat is developing a device to remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic from our oceans
The Plaid Zebra December 13, 2014

BY: DEXTER BROWN Slat’s ambitious quest started on a Greek scuba diving trip when he was only 16. “I saw more plastic bags than fish,” the Dutch engineering student told the BBC. “Everyone said to me:…

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Banana Peels_Plastic
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16-year-old inventor proves banana peels could be the future of plastic
The Plaid Zebra August 13, 2014

BY: LAURA ROJAS So it turns out a girl named Elif Bilgin, a 16-year-old junior at Koç High School in Istanbul, Turkey, submitted a project to the 2013 Google Science Fair that won her the “Science in …

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