The Department of Energy has granted $2 million over three years to Braskem America, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University to develop plastic that can be recycled perpetually, reducing waste and pollution from single-use plastics.
Wearable devices could soon be entirely made of recycled waste materials – and powered by human movement, thanks to a new energy-harvesting device developed at the University of Surrey.
A team of researchers based at Princeton have made steps towards developing a sustainable and economical way to recycle dead Li-ion batteries and make new ones in their place.
As more parts of the world face drought, reusing water in safe ways makes sense. One of these ways is to reuse "greywater" – water that has been used once in showers, bathroom sinks and showers. The Soil Science Society of America's (SSSA) March 1st Soils Matter blog reviews how greywater systems work in yards.
A joint report by environmental not-for-profit environmental organisation TierraMar and the UNSW SMaRT Centre outlines solutions for the fight against discarded ‘ghost’ nets and other fishing marine debris in northern Australia.
A new eco-friendly way of dealing with wet wipes clogging up sewage systems is in the pipeline as Carbogenics, an Edinburgh-based circular economy start-up, has received funding for a trial project with Scottish Water.
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A team of researchers at the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT) has developed a new and simple method for upcycling plastic waste at room temperature.
Researchers at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) in Hokkaido University have formulated a technique that has the potential to assist in the recycling of waste carbon dioxide (CO2) while also creating molecules beneficial for drug development.
Recycling of electric car batteries can be easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, according to a new scientific article from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, which outlines an optimised recycling process.
According to a new scientific article published by the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recycling electric car batteries could be affordable, simpler, and more eco-friendly. This article outlines an improved recycling process.
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