https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/plastic/ Recent content in Plastic on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:04:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/researchers-challenge-misleading-language-around-plastic-waste-solutions/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:04:23 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sunlight-powered-process-turns-plastic-waste-into-acetic-acid-without-added-emissions/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:40:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/bio-inspired-sunlight-powered-iron-catalyst-converts-plastic-waste-into-vinegar/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:33:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/from-print-farm-to-toy-of-the-year-zb-designs-plastic-empire-takes-3d-printed-fidgets-mainstream/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:30:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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