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Global Efforts to Eliminate Plastic Waste in the Environment: New Alliance Launched

An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain has launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.

23 Jan 2019

New Method to Produce Bioplastics Using Seaweed-eating Microorganisms

A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don't require land or fresh water — resources that are scarce in much of the world.

15 Jan 2019

Converting Pine Needles from Old Christmas Trees into Useful Products to Reduce Carbon Footprint

A new study at the University of Sheffield reports that it is possible to save abandoned Christmas trees from landfill and convert them into paint and food sweeteners.

28 Dec 2018

Study Investigates Environmental Impacts of Disposable, Takeaway Food Containers

According to researchers, more must be done to deal with the growing environmental effect of takeaway food containers.

19 Dec 2018

Novel System for Storing Renewable Energy to Achieve On-Demand Delivery of Electricity

Engineers at MIT have created a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, and to perform on-demand delivery of the energy back into an electric grid.

6 Dec 2018

Co-Treatment of Legacy Wastewater in Mine and Drilling Sites Could Reduce Environmental Impact

Although the energy history of Pennsylvania is famous for the amounts of fossil fuels it has produced, it also filled with the environmental legacies of coal mining and, more recently, hydrofracturing.

28 Nov 2018

A Cleaner Method for Recycling Rare Earths for Sustainable Technology

A set of 17 elements at the bottom of the periodic table is closely entwined with modern life. Most of these metals, referred to as rare earths (REs), are highly magnetic and are used in green power, computing, and other technologies.

5 Nov 2018

Curtin Research Finds New Technology Could Transform Stormwater Treatment

Curtin University research has found that a new stormwater treatment device improves treated stormwater quality by as much as 80 per cent, in a development that could prevent harmful pollutants from entering waterways and cut recycling and infrastructure costs for authorities globally.

2 Nov 2018

DSM and Starboard Collaboration Transforms Discarded Fishing Nets from Waste into High-End Surfboard Components

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, and Starboard, a world leading Watersports company offering Paddle, Surf, Windsurf and Kiteboards, announced that they are collecting and upcycling discarded fishing nets to create a material for consumer goods such as surfboard components.

26 Sep 2018

Michelman to Spotlight Recyclable and Repulpable Barrier and Functional Coatings at Corrugated Week 2018

Michelman, an industry leading innovator in the development of water-based barrier and functional coatings for corrugated, will highlight a recent technology innovation at Corrugated Week 2018.

From Michelman Inc 19 Sep 2018

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Global Efforts to Eliminate Plastic Waste in the Environment: New Alliance Launched

New Method to Produce Bioplastics Using Seaweed-eating Microorganisms

Converting Pine Needles from Old Christmas Trees into Useful Products to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Study Investigates Environmental Impacts of Disposable, Takeaway Food Containers

Novel System for Storing Renewable Energy to Achieve On-Demand Delivery of Electricity

Co-Treatment of Legacy Wastewater in Mine and Drilling Sites Could Reduce Environmental Impact

A Cleaner Method for Recycling Rare Earths for Sustainable Technology

Curtin Research Finds New Technology Could Transform Stormwater Treatment

DSM and Starboard Collaboration Transforms Discarded Fishing Nets from Waste into High-End Surfboard Components

Michelman to Spotlight Recyclable and Repulpable Barrier and Functional Coatings at Corrugated Week 2018

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