Plastic

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

At Heathrow, a billion pounds were spent on new scanners, scrapping the 100 ml rule. Passengers can carry 2 L of liquids, keep laptops in bags, and 16 M plastic bags will be saved.

Airport security check before the flight. A passenger holds a plastic bag with liquids.
Member of the study into  a new class of latent monomers.

Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing

Large quantities of plastic seen along the Dead Sea coastline.

The Dead Sea’s hidden plastic problem: A record of decades of waste - study

 DISPOSABLE PLASTIC tableware are on display at the Osher Ad Supermarket branch in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.

How a tax opposed by Shas sparked climate backlash in the ultra-Orthodox community


Young Gazans sell recycled cloth bags to challenge plastic

Their cloth bags - painted with colorful characters and slogans including "NOT PLASTIC - FANTASTIC" sell for NIS 25.

Palestinians decorate cloth bags as part of a project aiming at replacing plastic bags in shops, in Gaza City July 12, 2020

Plastic surgeons in Israel petition Health Ministry on work return

The Association for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, which represents plastic surgeons in Israel, petitioned the Health Ministry early Thursday.

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Scientists find a new plastic eating bacteria

Reports of scientists finding bacterial bugs, enzymes, or even caterpillars that eat or break down plastic have been heard before, so what makes this one different?

‘THE PLASTIC plate and utensils are a symbol of modernity and the environmental destruction brought about by mankind through uncontrollable dumping and pollution.’

Fortune 500 CEO to scale Israeli waste-to-plastic solution globally

UBQ Materials' thermoplastic material made from unsorted household waste

Meet the Israeli innovation that can put an end to plastic packaging

Rather than producing single-use trays from plastic and aluminum, W-Cycle’s patented ‘SupraPulp’ packaging product is based on sugarcane pulp, known as bagasse

A compostable, single-use food tray made by W-Cycle

Adidas to launch new fabrics from recycled ocean plastic, polyester

In total, the German firm will produce 15-20 million pairs of shoes using ocean plastic in 2020.

Trail running shoes are seen during the ISPO trade fair for sports equipment and fashion in Munich

Auto giant Daimler to test pioneering Israeli waste-to-plastic solution

The thermoplastic designed by UBQ, based in Kibbutz Tze’elim, was named last year as "the most climate-positive material on the planet."

UBQ CEO & co-founder UBQ co-founder and chief executive Jack (Tato) Bigio at the company's recycling facility

Millennials undergoing plastic surgery more than ever

Despite what some might believe, it isn't inherently problematic for young people to start cosmetic surgery.

A surgery room at a Jerusalem hospital

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