One would have thought we’re at the end of battery technologies, relying on precious materials such as cobalt, lithium, nickel and copper that could be depleted one day as a consequence of increased demand in electric vehicles, wireless personal electronics,…
Remember that European refugee crisis in 2015? If you don’t, I’m sure you can recall the body of a 3-year-old Syrian child washed up on the shores of Turkey. There would be a flood of emotions rushing into your mind…
When I penned this post after reading this article, I had trouble coming up with the title I felt there was a message in the article. Malaysia’s import of plastic waste has increased dramatically since the ban of waste import…
I came upon this article recently telling companies around the world to stop making swags for giveways for many reasons but mainly; immense carbon footprint of the materials used to manufacture the giveaways usually end up in trash; sustaining bad worker…
It takes a lot of imagination and courage to try and change the world. Either you have that, or some artistic skill, some ingenuity and some music to change the world a video view at a time – as depicted…
It’s not a proper fix yet, but it is promising that more and more companies are looking into 3D printing to re-use and recycle discarded plastic. All the technical details don’t really make sense to me but essentially there’s a…
A project started by a 24-year-old Dutch innovator, The Ocean Cleanup evolved into a giant sieve meant to filter the ocean, specifically the great pacific garbage patch, of junk and plastic, leaving the rest of the oceanic life intact. A…
“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” Benjamin Franklin We need a 20th century update to the infamous quote…
UK produced 11,000,000 tons of plastic waste in 2017, Singapore goes through about 1.76 billion plastic items a year, and barely recycle all of them. Why can’t we recycle all of them? Aside the issues of logistics in gathering and collection…
There are debates, guesses and disbelief at the immense size of the patch of plastic reportedly floating in the middle of the pacific ocean. Many studies paid by universities concurring that it is real and it is huge and getting…