Envirology

1. Scientists Report Success in Biodegrading Pretreated BPA Plastics With Fungus
(Blog/Blog)

From GoodCleanTech: Mukesh Doble and Trishul Artham, of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, grew cultures of three different kinds of fungi on polycarbonate plastic (including the industrial-strength ...

2. EcoStore auto dishwasher tabs
(Blog/Blog)

... shocked about the plastic warpper around each tablett. But they felt we weird. As it turned out, it was made from PVA. I put one wrapper under water and - how amazing - it dissolved within seconds. ...

3. Converter using pyrolysis turns waste into gas
(News/Latest News)

Via stuff.co.nz, by Paul Easton - The Dominion Post, 24/05/2010 A new plant that turns plastic, food scraps and even human waste into fuel is humming away on the Kapiti Coast. "We pick it up ...

4. Paper Mate Debuts First Biodegradable Pen
(News/Latest News)

... plastic, but their compostable components are a bio-plastic made from plant-derived sugar. "The Paper Mate Biodegradable pen and pencil were developed based on insights that consumers desire ...

5. The Hidden Hazards Of Microwave Cooking
(Reports/Building Biology)

... malfunctions were observed within the lymphatic systems [absorbent vessels], causing a degeneration of the immune potentials of the body to protect against certain forms of neoplastics [abnormal growths ...

6. NatureWorks PLA plastic
(Blog/Blog)

...  very impressive. If only half of that is really working, then we have real opportunity. Of course the (traditional) plastics industry is trying to protect their markets and ...

7. Recycling of plastics and bioplastics
(Blog/Blog)

The Question in LinkedIn Green group was: "Should the (US) plastic manufacturing industry stop the use of bioplastics and oxy-degradable plastics because they are likely to pollute existing waste ...

8. New World scraps plastic bag levy
(News/News Archive)

By LAURA BASHAM - The Nelson Mail, via stuff.co.nz, last updated 13:00 21/10/2009 New World supermarkets in the South Island have dropped their 5-cent plastic bag charge because of customer complaints. ...

9. A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Building Insulation Products
(Reports/Life Cycle Assessment)

...  an appropriate intra-peritoneal test has shown no evidence of excess carcinogenicity, or absence of relevant pathogenicity or neoplastic changes in a suitable long term inhalation test. Also, ...

10. Ecostore plastic packaging
(Blog/Blog)

Below is an email I sent to EcoStore today. I am still concerned about their plastic packaging and it unfortunately hasn't chnaged over the years. I have asked about refilling already in the store about ...

11. Catalogues wrapped in plastic
(Blog/Blog)

This is an email I sent to Pumpkin Patch today, triggered by the arrival of one of their plastic wrapped catalogues today. Despite the fact that we receive online emails and news from them: 06 ...

12. Plasic wrapped magazines
(Blog/Blog)

This is an email that I sent to AGM Online today: Hi. I will return your latest issue of "landscape" to you. I will no longer accept newspapers and magazines wrapped in plastic foil. For decades magazines ...

13. CFL lightbulbs - again
(Blog/Blog)

... I can wrap it up with lots of plastic to avoid immediate laekage of mercury and phosphor, put it in the bin and send it to landfill, where the chemicals will eventually leak into the soil and groundwater ...

14. Australian Town Bans Bottled Water
(News/News Archive)

... the bottle puts Bundy on the map Bundanoon votes to ban plastic water bottles in world first Bundanoon on Google  ...

15. Is Green Really Green? - Material Selection In The Context Of Sustainable Buildings
(Material/Various)

... lesser quality. Examples comprise the combination of plastic components and sawdust into park benches or PET bottles into a composite timber product. As soon as a pure material is mixed with another ...

16. Solar Energy Performance With Plastic Solar Cells Improved With New Method
(News/News Archive)

... of plastic solar cells (hybrid organic solar cells). The development of inexpensive, mass-produced plastic solar panels is a goal of intense interest for many of the world's scientists and engineers because ...

17. New AKRIL Panel
(Blog/Blog)

Today I got an email in from a manufacturer of a new plastic wall panel: AKRIL. I had a look at the website at www.akril.co.nz. They claim it is environmenatlly friendly and "can be recycled under ...

18. Environmental and energy balances of wood products and substitutes
(Material/Timber)

... competition from substitute materials, such as plastics, concrete, steel, glass or aluminium, as these materials appear to offer wider options to the customers. Some of the factors that can influence customers' ...

19. Warehouse to charge 10c for its plastic bags
(News/News Archive)

The Warehouse will charge 10c for plastic shopping bags from next month in an effort to encourage the use of reusable bags. The company says it wants to take 20 million bags out of circulation in ...

20. Monitoring to seek truth about killer moggies
(News/News Archive)

... is Guinness, an 11-year-old black moggie owned by Robert Davey, an IT engineer. He has been given a diary to record his cat's kill record and a plastic bag to store the bodies. These are then analysed ...