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New Process to Convert CO2 Emissions into Construction Materials

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a two-year, $2 million grant to a team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to support the advancement of a process for converting carbon dioxide emissions into construction materials.

13 Jul 2020

Powerful Electrochemical Process Destroys Water Contaminants

Engineers from the University of Sydney have developed a new method that involves using electricity to clean strongly polluted industrial wastewater.

8 Jul 2020

Coles Celebrates Sustainability Week as More Than 1 Billion Pieces of Plastic Saved from Landfill

Coles has taken a major step towards its goal of becoming Australia’s most sustainable supermarket after diverting more than 1 billion pieces of soft plastics from landfill.

7 Jul 2020

Fruits and Vegetables can be Protected by Egg-Based Coating

Eggs that would otherwise be wasted can be used as the base of an inexpensive coating to protect fruits and vegetables, according to Rice University researchers.

8 Jun 2020

Nitrogen-Rich Fertilizer can be Produced by Recycling Human Waste

Researchers from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan have proven it is possible to create nitrogen-rich fertilizer by combining the solid and liquid components of human waste.

3 Jun 2020

Global Plastic Waste Management Market Operations Slowdown Amid COVID-19 Crisis; Positive Market Outlook in Long Term, Says PMR

The effect of COVID-19 can be felt in nearly every aspect of our lives. The market place for approximately every item is feeling the heat of the current situation of crisis. Multiple factors such as sluggish economic growth and restricted transport can be held responsible for the same.

26 May 2020

New Strategies Could Help Californians to Sustain with Less Water

As climate change and population growth make drinking water costlier, here are six strategies to quench the state’s thirst without busting its budget.

21 May 2020

Researchers Develop Faster, More Efficient Process to Recycle Bioplastics

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bath have designed a more rapid and more effective way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics.”

21 May 2020

Researchers Estimate the Recycling Efficiency of Marine Microbes

A team of researchers from the Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences (Budweis, Czechia), MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen (Germany), and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany) have estimated that these chemoautotrophs recycle approximately 5 per cent of the carbon and phosphorus assimilated by marine algae and release terragrams (1012 g) of dissolved organics to the ocean interior each year.

13 May 2020

New Membrane-Based Technique to Recover Ammonia from Urine

Ammonia is an essential component of fertilizer and it plays a crucial role in assisting plant growth and ultimately offers food for populations worldwide.

7 May 2020