Tag: plastic pollution
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“Good Cotton,” “Bad Plastic”: Are the labels attached to raw materials really justified?
What if we were to say that without plastic, airplanes wouldn’t be able to fly, cars wouldn’t run, and even artificial intelligence wouldn’t exist? Yes, that would be an exaggeration. However, we can say this: without plastic, airplanes and cars would not have the lightness, efficiency, and accessibility we rely on today. Electronics and artificial…
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A first in DTF: Turkish company develops recyclable alternative to PET films
Turkish company Canapa, specialised in paper and printing technologies, has developed the first innovative and recyclable paper-based transfer paper for textile printing to replace PET films used in Direct-to-Film (DTF) processes. While conventional PET films widely used in textile printing generate around 100,000 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste globally each year, the new Direct-to-Paper (DTP)…
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“A plastic-free living is possible, what is impossible is a plastic-free ‘thrownaway’ living”
As a concrete reality, the synthetic material called plastic poses a serious threat to the entire ecosystem; it is seen in the food we eat, in our underwear, in the deepest pits of the ocean, in the placentas of babies, in short, in every corner of life. Toxic chemicals from this material, which mix into…