Estonian company Filaret has set up collection boxes for cigarette butts in #Tartu. The recycled filters can be turned into #bioplastic. Around 300 tonnes of cigarette filter waste is created in #Estonia every year.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-tartu-based-filaret-to-recycle-cigarette-butts/

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-starchy-bioplastic-soggy-paper-straws.html
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Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1632762045413093381#m

This starchy #bioplastic could make soggy paper straws a thing of the past @ACS_Omega https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.2c07797 https://phys.org/news/2023-03-starchy-bioplastic-soggy-paper-straws.html

Biodegradable High-Density Plastics: Polyethylene-like material can be composted industrially and hydrolyzed by enzymes

https://bit.ly/3vsKSAB

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #scicomm #Research #biodegradable #bioplastic

Biodegradable High-Density Plastics: Polyethylene-like material can be composted industrially and hydrolyzed by enzymes

https://bit.ly/3vsKSAB

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #scicomm #Research #biodegradable #bioplastic

We premiered a new work at Ars Electronica this weekend. Here’s Ouroboros - the chaos that encircles a world of human-imposed order. The artwork contextualises new bioplastic materials in a post-extractive aesthetic juxtaposed with #fossilfuel extraction. By me and Fara Peluso through a STARTS residency “Repairing the Present” #art #installation #circular #bioplastic #circularrecords #starts #video #sound cc @Curator

Next month will be the premiere of Ouroboros installation at Ars Electronica, an outcome of STARTS #RepairingThePresent residency #CircularRecords with Fara Peluso

Ouroboros speaks to the cyclical nature of material and of human relationships with the environment. The ouroboros is a symbol of renewal and rebirth, the emblem of chaos around a world of imposed order.

As industrialized activity exerts order on the planet, the impulse of the changing climate will impose a global supra-human chaos on human existence. A multi-media installation combining sculpture, sound and video, Ouroborous juxtaposes new material with bodies of human and algae, framed in a landscape transitioning from extraction.

Shown here, a video still from the forthcoming installation, filmed in #Lusatia #Lausitz by Falko Siedel @openframe_s

#CircularEconomy #Circularity #Extraction #Algae #Bioplastic #Installation #Art #BerlinArtist #Video