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Scientists Develop Enzyme Produced from Agricultural Waste for Use as Laundry Detergent

An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents.

26 Feb 2020

Radioactive Waste Management Facility a Step Closer to Delivery

The Australian Government today introduced legislative amendments to support the delivery of a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility at Napandee, near Kimba in South Australia.

13 Feb 2020

Sugar Ants’ Preference for Pee May Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.

6 Feb 2020

Smart Heating Control System Offers Greater Comfort, Reduces Energy Costs

Empa researchers believe that buildings can learn to save energy on their own. The researchers performed experiments in which they fed a “smart” self-learning heating control system with temperature data collected from the present weather forecast, as well as from the previous year.

31 Jan 2020

Researchers Develop Method for Recycling Plant-Based Polylactic Acid

A team of researchers have designed a new method for disintegrating plant-based plastics into their initial building blocks, possibly enabling products to be recycled more than once, without any loss in the plastic quality.

30 Jan 2020

Will Australian Waste Management be Technology Ready in 2030?

Waste and resource recovery companies invited to assist in turning rubbish mountains into business opportunities.

23 Jan 2020

New Treatment Methods can Reduce Concentration of Drugs in Wastewater

Seven wastewater treatment plants located in the Eastern United States were recently studied, showing a mixed record with regard to removing pharmaceutical drugs like antidepressants and antibiotics.

9 Jan 2020

Metal-Organic Framework Membrane can Efficiently Turn Saltwater Potable

The world’s surface is covered by 71% of seawater, but despite this fact, four billion people still face severe water scarcity problems at least one month of the year.

20 Dec 2019

Anellotech Offers Technology to Covert Waste Plastic Packaging into Chemicals

Anellotech has announced the significant expansion of its program with Plas-TCat™, a new process technology aiming to convert a wide range of plastic waste directly into chemicals – which can then be used to make new, virgin plastics.

From Anellotech, Inc. 20 Dec 2019

Innovative Sponge Rapidly Removes Over 90% of Oil Microdroplets from Wastewater

Every year, 100 billion barrels of wastewater contaminated with oil are produced by drilling and fracking processes that are carried out under the seabed to recover oil. These processes release small droplets of oil into the surrounding water.

17 Dec 2019