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Business
A Sip Towards a Greener Future: How IntuGreen is Making a Difference
India, July 22, 2025: Plastic straws, cups, and plates are everywhere. They’re used for minutes but stick around for centuries, filling up landfills and polluting oceans. Paper straws seemed like a solution, but let’s be honest—nobody likes a soggy straw. Many paper cups still contain plastic, making them hard to recycle. That’s where P. Balamurugan, an engineer from Coimbatore, stepped…
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Science
Development of biodegradable plastic from Marine Seaweed
New Delhi : The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has developed a bio-plastic film using marine seaweed and PEG-3000 which could have a huge impact on limiting the usage of non-biodegradable plastics and a game-changer in the plastic industry. Bio-plastic films safely breakdown in the environment without leaving any toxicity. The physical and mechanical properties of bio-plastic film meet…
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