Plastic

New study reveals: The solution to microplastics is hidden in fermented cabbage

In recent years, public awareness of the dangers inherent in exposure to microplastics has been growing – and a new study shows that the solution could come from the trendy and tasty Korean dish.

Kimchi
Dangerous or not? A microwave

Just five minutes in the microwave can unleash up to 534,000 micro- and nanoplastics into food

Airport security check before the flight. A passenger holds a plastic bag with liquids.

An end to bags and small bottles: Heathrow’s revolution

Member of the study into  a new class of latent monomers.

Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing


INTERPOL employs multi-national operation to combat marine pollution

Preliminary results revealed that over 3,000 offenses were committed, occurring over the course of 17,000 inspections.

U.S. servicemen remove garbage clogging a small river during a clean-up activity in Manila

Israeli 'rubber band' solution could reduce plastic bottle volume by 80%

A French-Israeli entrepreneur believes that recycling challenges posed by large quantities of plastic bottles could be significantly ameliorated with a rubber band.

Ecoams Planet's plastic bottle recycling solution

Israel's UBQ's recycled plastic comes to South American McDonald's

UBQ, based in Kibbutz Tze’elim, emerged last year to unveil its solution of converting unsorted household waste into a sustainable, bio-based, climate-positive thermoplastic material.

Recycled thermoplastic pellets made by UBQ

Israelis are using photos of Greta Thunberg to shame each other over plastic utensils

'How dare you?' asks Thunberg as they reach for a fork

16-year-old Swedish Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019

SC Johnson leads environmental initiative

About 100 students from grades 1-6 at Gvanim Elementary School learned about the global environmental crisis and the damage caused by the plastic waste.

PLASTIC BOTTLE floats in the Mediterranean Sea, at Zikim beach near Ashkelon

Tel Aviv schools to ban single-use plastics by end of year

Approximately 20,000 children eat lunch every day across the city's schools and daycare programs, according to the municipality, throwing away thousands of single-use plastics after each meal.

Plastic spoons and forks.

IKEA Israel to ban all plastic disposable products by 2020

The move is part of a store-wide international effort to reduce damage to the environment by minimizing waste normally produced by the store and its subsidiaries.

IKEA  521

Unilever pledges to cut plastic production in half by 2025

The company announced its new target on Monday and will use no more than 386,000 tons of new plastic per year, down from 772,000 tons in 2018.

Unilever

Baby turtle found with 104 pieces of plastic in its stomach

The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center shared a photo of the sea turtle and multiple pieces of the plastic they were able to extract from its stomach on Facebook.

The Hawksbill sea turtle.

A plastic-free world for this Rosh Hashanah

Let’s turn the page and commit to becoming more conscious of our ways and habits.

PLASTIC BOTTLE floats in the Mediterranean Sea, at Zikim beach near Ashkelon