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Easy, Single-Step Approach to Upcycle Plastic Waste

NYU Abu Dhabi scientists have created a single-step, organic solvent-free, hydrothermal process for converting polyethylene-based plastic bags and polypropylene-based surgical masks into carbon dots.

8 Mar 2023

Promising Solar-Energy-Harvesting Technology Emerges

Renewable energy sources like solar panels are in great demand as countries around the world search for sustainable energy sources and the United States aspires to become a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

7 Mar 2023

Woodward L’Orange Announces Move to 100% Recycled Packaging

Woodward L’Orange – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of injection systems and engine components used in ships, powerplants, oil platforms, trains and mining vehicles - has strengthened its environmental commitment with the announcement it is switching to a new range of fully recycled plastic packaging for its products.

7 Mar 2023

Gas Detection Expert Umicore Calls for Focus on Methane Emissions After ‘scary’ New Report Highlights Global ‘super-emitters’

Gas detection and spectroscopy expert Umicore Coatings Services has called for an immediate focus on methane after a shocking report highlighted how ‘super-emitters’ of the greenhouse gas risk derailing efforts to curb global warming, and could push climate change past the point of no return.

7 Mar 2023

Valmet to Replace Turbine Automation at Statkraft’s Gas Power Plant in Emden, Germany

Valmet will deliver a turbine automation system to Statkraft’s gas power plant in Emden, Germany. The new system will replace an obsolete third-party turbine controller on a gas turbine.

From Valmet 7 Mar 2023

Production of Bioplastics Will Triple by 2027 and Reach 6.3 Million Tonnes

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, inaugurated the eighth edition of its International Seminar on Biopolymers and Sustainable Composites yesterday, where nearly 20 speakers discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the bioplastics industry, and presented their innovations and success stories.

6 Mar 2023

Additive Reduces the Emission of Greenhouse Gases from Slurry

Greenhouse gases act like a layer of window glass in the atmosphere: They prevent heat from being radiated from the Earth's surface into space. Methane does that 28 times as effectively as carbon dioxide - it is (to stay in the picture) a kind of invisible double glazing.

6 Mar 2023