The U.S. Plastics Pact recently launched a national strategy, Roadmap to 2025, that will make all plastic packaging in the US reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025.
By Ben Pilkington
30 Sep 2021
ABB has developed the world's fastest electric vehicle charger to date, capable of delivering 100 km of range in less than three minutes. AZoCleantech talks to Frank Mühlon, President of E-Mobility at ABB, about the importance of the charger and the future of electric vehicle charging technology.
To commemorate Pollution Prevention Week 2021, AZoCleantech takes a closer look at a new partnership involving US companies Twelve and Lanza Tech, which aims to solve the effects of climate change through carbon transformation: recycling CO2 emissions into new products in a carbon-negative process.
The ocean is becoming full of tiny plastic particles, known as microplastics, that are small enough to enter the bodies of marine life as well as our own. To commemorate Pollution Prevention Week 2021, AZoCleantech takes a closer look at Fionn Ferreira's novel method of removing microplastics from water.
By Sarah Moore
23 Sep 2021
To reduce the impact of CO2 emissions on the globe, numerous clean technologies have been developed. One example of such a technology is known as carbon upcycling, which was originally developed by Carbon Upcycling Technologies, based in Calgary, Canada.
Orca is the world’s largest carbon capture plant as well as the world’s first climate-positive direct air capture and storage plant. In commemoration of Pollution Prevention Week, AZoCleantech looks at the Orca plant and the future of carbon capture technology.
As our planet's oceans become increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming, sustainable aquaculture is proposed as a key avenue to securing the future health of our marine ecosystems.
By Bea Howarth
18 Sep 2021
Recent research has highlighted the previously overlooked role of sea kelp as a so-called "blue carbon" carbon capture process.
By Ben Pilkington
16 Sep 2021
The latest IPCC report makes stark warnings about rising sea levels. The threat of saltwater intrusion poses significant risks to coastal infrastructure worldwide, and investment must be made to avoid metal and concrete corrosion.
By Ben Pilkington
16 Sep 2021
On the UN’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (September 16), the world is celebrating the extraordinary success of the Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987. The total amount of ozone-depleting gases in the atmosphere has reduced since the agreement came into effect, and it will continue to decrease throughout the next century.
By Ben Pilkington
16 Sep 2021