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Mushrooms - A Biodegradable Solution for a Green Electronic Future

Researchers at Johannes Kepler University, Austria, have been focusing on the development of sustainable materials to replace nondegradable materials in electronics.

25 Nov 2022

Valmet to Rebuild Koehler Paper’s Power Boilers in Oberkirch and Kehl, Germany

Valmet will rebuild Koehler Paper’s power boilers at its Oberkirch and Kehl paper mill sites in Germany to increase the production of sustainable energy from renewable sources.

From Valmet 9 Nov 2022

Vertus Energy and Biogest Partner on European Biogas Plants, Aiming to Increase Energy Production by 60%

Vertus Energy, the company accelerating the energy transition by transforming the way the world turns organic waste into renewable natural gas, is partnering with Biogest. Together, the companies are working to demonstrate the BRIO solution at a commercial scale in Europe.

From BIOGEST 2 Nov 2022

Fast-Food Rubbish Solution in Sustainable Seaweed-Based Wrapper

Flinders University materials researchers and pioneering German biomaterials developer one • five are using seaweed extracts to develop next-generation biopolymer coating materials that could solve packaging waste dilemmas for the fast-food industry.

18 Oct 2022

Overcoming the Challenge of Soil Pollution

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new method for tracking and measuring how polymer biodegrades, if at all, in soil.

17 Oct 2022

Toxins Found in the Organs of Unborn Babies - Urgent Action is Needed, says Fuel Tech Firm

Countries around the world need to move further and faster to reduce one of the most harmful types of air pollution, a leading fuel tech company said today, after shocking new research found toxic particles in the lungs, livers and brains of unborn babies.

From SulNOx Group Plc 7 Oct 2022

Conrad Energy Receives Planning Approval for 50MW Battery Energy Storage Project

Conrad Energy, the UK’s market leading flexible power company, has recently secured planning consent for a 50 MW 2-hour battery energy storage system in North Petherton, Somerset.

From Conrad Energy 13 Sep 2022

Ground Breaking Trial Returning Cotton Textile Waste to Cotton Fields in Goondiwindi, Queensland Shows Promising Results

A 12 month trial on a cotton farm just outside the rural town of Goondiwindi Queensland in Australia has shown it’s possible to divert large amounts of cotton textile waste at end of life from landfill with no harm done to soil health or cotton yields.

27 Jul 2022

Biodegradable Silk: An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Microplastics

A research team at MIT has recently designed a silk-based system that could help easily produce an inexpensive substitute for microplastics.

25 Jul 2022

How to Distil the 'Good Oil' from the Sea

To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find better and sustainable ways to make healthy nutritional products such as Omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, aquaculture and livestock food from fast-growing microalgae.

14 Jul 2022