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GHD Advisory and Fraunhofer Society Collaborate to Develop UAE National Hydrogen Strategy

GHD Advisory, the advising arm of one of the world's leading professional services companies, and the German-based Fraunhofer Society, Europe’s leading research organisation for the applied sciences, have been commissioned by the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) to develop the UAE’s National Hydrogen Strategy 2030.

16 Nov 2022

Innovative Projects Receive $850,000 from New State Program to Find Beneficial Uses for Industrial Waste

The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $850,000 in grants to four projects in support of new and exciting efforts to find beneficial uses for industrial waste. In this first year of the Industrial Symbiosis Program, funded projects range from research and development to on-the-ground implementation.

21 Oct 2022

Novel Recycling Process for Catalysts

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a greener solution for recycling homogeneous catalysts.

21 Oct 2022

IDTechEx Release Essential Market Forecasts for the Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste

Creating a circular economy is an essential sustainability target for stakeholders across the plastic value chain.

20 Oct 2022

Redox, Reuse, Recycle: Novel Process Extends Life Cycle of Valuable Catalysts

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has developed an electrochemical technique for recycling highly valuable homogeneous catalysts to make the chemical manufacturing industry greener, more affordable, and more innovative.

19 Oct 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

Converting Mixed Plastics Into a Single Chemical Product

Scientists, including an Oregon State University College of Engineering faculty member, have made an important step toward significantly increasing the variety of recyclable plastics.

14 Oct 2022

New Chemical Process can Effectively Recycle Many Types of Plastic

The accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans, soil, and even in our bodies is one of the major pollution issues of modern times, with over 5 billion tons disposed of so far. Despite major efforts to recycle plastic products, actually making use of that motley mix of materials has remained a challenging issue.

7 Oct 2022

Australia’s Battery Recycling Scheme a Beacon for Product Stewardship

Australia’s official government-backed battery recycling Scheme, B-cycle, has today released its first performance report - Positive Charge, highlighting the rapid scale and pace of the innovative product stewardship scheme since launch in February this year.

5 Oct 2022

AIMPLAS and Partners Launch New Innovation Project on Circular & Sustainable Textiles

The production and consumption of textile products continue to grow, together with their impact on the environment, due to a lack of reuse, repair and recycling of materials.

29 Sep 2022