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Call to Recycle Plastic Waste

Recyclable plastic has been recorded on popular beaches and urban watercourses in Adelaide, South Australia – highlighting the need for more efforts to remove and reuse all plastics from waste streams, particularly in urban areas.

7 Sep 2021

New Projects Could Help Address Energy and Environmental Impacts of Plastics

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently declared funding of $25 million for 10 research projects. The projects are aimed at setting scientific foundations for new technology solutions to reuse thrown-away plastics to create useful products and decrease plastics waste.

6 Sep 2021

Billion Investment in Plastic Recycling in Sweden - Site Zero Becomes the Largest and Most Modern Plastic Recycling Plant in the World

Swedish Plastic Recycling (Svensk Plaståtervinning), which is owned by a large part of the Swedish business community, is now investing heavily in building the world's largest and most modern facility for plastic recycling, Site Zero.

From Svensk Plaståtervinning 1 Sep 2021

Recycled Water Value-Add

Environmental health experts at Flinders University are advancing research into a highly sustainable wastewater recycling program by developing a cost-effective way to harvest microalgal biomass for use in biofuels and other applications.

31 Aug 2021

New Curtin Research Shows Mother Nature Recycles Trash to Create Diamonds

The Earth’s deepest diamonds are commonly made up of former living organisms that have effectively been recycled more than 400 kilometres below the surface, new Curtin research has discovered.

23 Aug 2021

Enzymes Employed as Sustainable Means of Plastic Recycling

Researchers in the BOTTLE Consortium, including from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Portsmouth, have identified using enzymes as a more sustainable approach for recycling polyethylene terephthalate, a common plastic in single-use beverage bottles, clothing, and food packaging that are becoming increasingly relevant in addressing the environmental challenge of plastic pollution.

11 Aug 2021

New Technology Enables Waste-Free Recycling of Metallurgical Slags

Researchers from the Ural Federal University and the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of RAS together have devised and successfully tested the method of joint non-waste processing of electric furnace and ladle slag.

10 Aug 2021

Researchers Develop Dissolvable Electronics to Combat E-Waste Menace

Small electronics such as fitness trackers and smartwatches cannot be dismantled and recycled easily. Whenever a new model is launched, the old ones are dumped into the hazardous waste streams.

5 Aug 2021

New Integrated Catalytic Process to Produce Low Carbon Fuels

Collaborative research by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) aims to integrate two catalytical processes into a single reactor. The focus of the research is to recycle carbon from CO2 to create low-cost hydrocarbon fuels.

4 Aug 2021

New Process to Recycle Carbon Black and Minerals from Used Car Tires

So far, waste tires have been primarily utilized for energy sources recovery. Only a sparse proportion of the carbon black included in such tires are recycled, as mineral ash accounts for nearly 20% of its content.

2 Jul 2021