Researchers challenge misleading language around plastic waste solutions

• Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. • The paper, authored by the Sustainable Materials Innovat

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 162 words

Sunlight-powered process turns plastic waste into acetic acid without added emissions

• Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient of vinegar, using sunlight. • The breakthrough offers

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 141 words
Bio-inspired: Sunlight-powered iron catalyst converts plastic waste into vinegar

Bio-inspired: Sunlight-powered iron catalyst converts plastic waste into vinegar

• Bio-inspired: Sunlight-powered iron catalyst converts plastic waste into vinegar A solar-powered iron catalyst turns plastic waste into acetic acid, offering a new upcycling path

From Print Farm to Toy of the Year: ZB Designs' Plastic Empire Takes 3D Printed Fidgets Mainstream

From Print Farm to Toy of the Year: ZB Designs' Plastic Empire Takes 3D Printed Fidgets Mainstream

• From Print Farm to Toy of the Year: ZB Designs’ Plastic Empire Takes 3D Printed Fidgets Mainstream Share this Article Zackand Berkley Bailey, Co-Owners of ZB Designs, started the