Thermoplastics

An Italian environmental economist living on the Greek island of Ithaki has undertaken to clean the seas of the stink and trash left behind by abandoned fish farms.

Veronika Mikos, director of Healthy Seas, an 11-year-old organization currently active in 22 countries, says Greece is a priority for her NGO, which has been cleaning after abandoned fisheries since 2021.

After the removal of the polycarbonate sheets, the problems of wear and tear due to the aging of the materials are reduced to a minimum, according to the 3rd report of the Technical Inspectorate for OAKA

In H&M's flagship Paris store it is hard to find clothes that do not claim to be made from "recycled materials."

Last year, 79 percent of the polyester in its collections came from recycled materials, and next year it wants it all to be recycled.

Tiny particles of microplastics are now discovered virtually everywhere, from the oceans' depths to the highest mountain snow and even within the air above bustling cities.

Forever chemicals" used in daily items like nonstick pans have long been linked to serious health issues, a result of their toxicity and extreme resistance to being broken down as waste products.

Russia's largest petrochemical plant SIBUR plans to expand investments in facilities in Russia to meet Turkey's growing domestic demand, the executive director for Marketing and Sales, Procurement, Innovation, and Business Development said.

Bucharest, March 10 /Agerpres/ - The prime minister's Control Corps has identified several factors favoring the production and spread of the fire that occurred on January 29 at the "Matei Bals" Hospital, among them being the old infrastructure, the undersized electrical installation and "poor patient supervision".

A Turkish start-up has produced a bacteria, named "PETman," that can break the molecular bonds of one of the world's most-used plastics - polyethylene terephthalate, also known as PET or polyester.

The sixth floor of the Tophane Clock Tower in the western province of Bursa has been covered with PVC, a type of synthetic plastic, as part of its restoration.

The Syrian girl with prosthetic legs made by her father out of tin cans and PVC has been brought to Istanbul for treatment by the Turkish Red Crescent.