by Don Basile | Apr 30, 2020 | Technology
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) — alternatively known as the Pacific trash vortex — is an area in the Pacific Ocean teeming with plastic pollution. It’s one of the largest accumulations of plastic among the world’s oceans, and studies indicate it...
by Don Basile | Oct 18, 2019 | Technology
As recent demonstrations and political statements across the globe show, the environmental fate of our planet is seen to be at stake. One of the main contributors to these problems world-wide are plastics and the fact that these materials do not break down over time...
by Don Basile | May 7, 2019 | Technology
Renewable energy is at the forefront of the public consciousness, and its implementation has been noticeably increasing in recent years. But renewable energies aren’t the only way to mitigate carbon release into the atmosphere: carbon capture and storage (CCS) has...
by Don Basile | Apr 19, 2019 | Technology
Plastic has become an integral part of daily life, being the main component for devices, objects, and gadgets that humans use every day all over the planet. It was accidentally discovered in 1907 by scientist Leo Hendrik Baekeland, when he combined formaldehyde...