Making Bioplastic at Home
Not all plastics come from fossil fuels. You can make plastics using biological materials, and you can make them at home! Since…
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Why is Flying so Bad for the Environment?
You have probably heard environmentalists make countless claims about the danger aviation poses to the environment. But is flying really so much…
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A Brief History of Climate Science
Introduction We like to think of climate change as something that has only recently become understood by scientists. After all, if we…
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Grain-4-Lab Recent Media Articles!
It’s been a really great few weeks for the Grain-4-Lab team, who have had three articles appear on the RTÉ Brainstorm website.…
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Inside the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
If you decide to take a trip from Hawaii to Vancouver by boat, you will be met with an obstacle. This obstacle…
View PostWhat is a Circular Bioeconomy?
You may have heard people talking about the Circular Bioeconomy. It is a concept that has gained more and more traction in…
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What is the Single-Use Plastics Directive?
On the 3rd of July 2021, a new EU law came into effect that is set to change the face of waste…
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Why Do Labs Use So Much Single-Use Plastic?
If you are in the business of reducing plastic waste, life science laboratories are your worst nightmare. So much of the plastic…
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Pesky Polymers: The Problem with Plastics
Plastics are incredible materials. They can be extremely durable, heat-resistant and, best of all, cheap to produce. Plastics are so great, in…
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