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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. We’ve done it already in the 1990s, when international cooperation quickly phased out ozone-depleting chemicals and stopped the dangerous ozone hole from getting ever-bigger. billion humans – nearly all of them poor.

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A few thoughts on tackling microplastic pollution

Envirotec Magazine

Microplastics are plastic particles which are less than five millimetres in length and can be as small as the thickness of a single hair, even a bit smaller. This is most likely due to plastic fragments filling their stomach and giving them the feeling of satiety. Plastic item disintegrating on a beach.

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How the recycling symbol lost its meaning

Grist

It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. A woman sorts plastics at the Santa Monica Recycling Center in California in 1992. And do the screw-on caps stay on plastic bottles or not?

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Four ways DuPont adhesives and resins advance EVs

Charged

At DuPont, we’re developing adhesive and plastic solutions that help automakers worldwide produce EVs that perform better than ever. Here are four ways DuPont adhesives and plastics are moving EVs forward. DuPont Zytel ® HTN was used to reduce plastic insulation thickness with minimal impact on performance.

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Dow Silicones Help Optimize Reliability and Accuracy of ADAS Sensors

Charged

Assembly of ADAS modules typically requires bonding of dissimilar materials, such as lightweight plastics and metal. Dow’s family of silicone adhesives can provide high adhesion to plastic substrates while avoiding potential damage from high temperatures via heat dissipation properties and room-temperature curing.

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Celebrate July 4th with a lighter footprint

Greenability Magazine

Plus, like most holidays the increased waste from plastic and disposables is added to landfills nationwide. Of all those options, the charcoal grill produces the most CO2 and contributes more to ground-level ozone. However, if using a charcoal grill, there are options for a lighter footprint.

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How Much Work is Needed to Make Recycling Economically Sustainable?

Green Living Guy

Environmental issues like acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and water pollution have raised major concerns for several nations, organizations, and groups. In recent years, the exploitation and degradation of our environment have risen at an alarming rate.