Great Pacific Garbage Clean Up - Synthetic Sponge Soaks Up Micro Plastics

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They pulled 63,000 pounds of trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but that's just the start — USA TODAY

A half-mile long trash-trapping system named "Jenny" hauled in more than 63,000 pounds of waste from the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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99% Efficiency: Princeton Engineers Have Developed a New Way To Remove Microplastics From Water

Princeton Engineering researchers have developed a cost-effective way to use breakfast foods to create a material that can remove salt and microplastics from seawater. The researchers used egg whites to create an aerogel, a versatile material known for its light weight and porosity. It has a rang

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Scientists Have Created Synthetic Sponges That Soak Up Microplastics

Made from starch and gelatin, the biodegradable sponges remove as much as 90 percent of microplastics in tap water and seawater

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Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Plastic That Decomposes in Seawater

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a novel plastic that is more durable and flexible than the conventional type now in use.

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Wave-powered desalination machine filters 49,000 liters of water daily

The system does not produce concentrated salt waste that results in the formation of dead zones in marine ecosystems.

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The Sponge.

 

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/researchers-horrified-discovering-mysterious-plastic-101500468.html

 

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Hybrid photothermal–photocatalyst sheets for solar-driven overall water splitting coupled to water purification - Nature Water

A water splitting system capable of operating stably using contaminated water sources for decentralized H2 production would be a more practical approach towards solar H2 production. A floating hybrid photocatalyst sheet device can simultaneously perform photocatalytic gas-phase water splitting...

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