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Renewable Carbon-Free Solution for Industrial Heat Applications

Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed a new technique that may greatly reduce industry’s dependence on natural gas, combining renewable energy and low-cost thermal storage to deliver heat for high-temperature industrial processes.

13 Mar 2019

ACOR and Boomerang Alliance Announce the 5 Big Waste Policies for Federal Election

The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) and national recycling campaign group, the Boomerang Alliance, have today released their 5 priority actions the next Commonwealth Government needs to implement to solve Australia’s waste and recycling crisis.

13 Mar 2019

Toray Plastics (America) Collaborates with Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Toray Plastics (America) has joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is a membership-based collaborative that believes in the power of industry to make packaging more sustainable.

From Toray Plastics (America), Inc 13 Mar 2019

Eastman Develops Advanced Circular Recycling Technology to Tackle Polyester Waste

Eastman has announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in landfills and waterways.

From Eastman Chemical Company 13 Mar 2019

MIT Students Use Design Thinking to Solve Energy Issues on the Massachusetts Island Community

Some of the earliest and most adverse impacts of climate change are being faced by tiny island communities around the world.

11 Mar 2019

CO2 Mineralization in Geologically Abundant Rocks for Storing Carbon

To prevent the worst effects of climate change, humanity has to change when it comes to lowering carbon emissions. If the world is to adhere to the IPCC’s minimum target of keeping global temperature increases lower than 1.5 °C, every possible path for CO2 remediation must be investigated.

11 Mar 2019

Converting Cocoa Bean Waste into Bio-Fuel for West African Villages

African farming communities presently with little or no access to grid power may stand a chance to profit from a new green technology that can produce electricity from unwanted cocoa pod husks.

7 Mar 2019

Energy-X to Develop Economically Sound, Sustainable Energy Conversion Technologies

Discovering ways to sustainably generate chemicals and energy and replace the fossil fuels that are the basis for chemical and energy industry is extremely important due to climate change.

6 Mar 2019

Researchers Discover an Effective and Safe Biopesticide to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

According to a research team from Cardiff University, in association with the Universities of Warwick and Liverpool and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a strain of useful bacteria could be repurposed to produce a sustainable, safe, and natural substitute to synthetic chemical pesticides.

5 Mar 2019

Starlinger and PET2PET Collaborate to Boost PET Recycling to Meet Growing Demand

Austrian company PET2PET has collaborated with Starlinger to meet the growing demand for recycled material. The joint efforts of the two have resulted in increasing the output by 20%.

From Starlinger & Co Gmbh 1 Mar 2019